# Incident 20161117023499I: Bell BHT-407, Roanoke, VA, November 17, 2016

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 17, 2016, 10:00 local time
- Place: Roanoke, VA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Unknown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: BHHA
- Location: 37.2710° N, 79.9414° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Roanoke, VA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.2710&lon=-79.9414&mi=10
- Aircraft: N407TN (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BELL BHT-407
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,674 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20161117023499I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

UPON RETURNING FROM TRAINING FLIGHT, DURING POST FLIGHT INSPECTION PILOT NOTICED  THE TOPS OF THE VERTICAL FINS ON HORIZONTAL STABILIZER WERE SHEERED OFF.  PILOT AND TRAINING PILOT BOTH STATED THAT NOTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY OCCURRED DURING THE FLIGHT TO MAKE THEM THINK THAT THERE WOULD BE ANY AIRCRAFT DAMAGE.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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