# Accident 20170124007419A: Bell 407, Fort Worth Tx, TX, January 24, 2017

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 24, 2017, 08:45 local time
- Place: Fort Worth Tx, TX
- Airport: Bell Training Center Heliport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Hover/Holding
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: FW8S
- Location: 33.0492° N, 97.2936° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.0492&lon=-97.2936&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6040Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6040Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 407 (registry code 1182206, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-407) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rolls-Royce 250-C47B (registry code 54585, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-250-c47b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 407
- Reported engine: ROLLS-ROYC 250-C47B
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 3,030 total, 18 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN17LA188](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17LA188) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170124007419A

## Narrative

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

DURING SIMULATED FADEC FAILURE THE ENGINE AND ROTOR ENTERED INTO AN OVERSPEED CONDITION.  PIC PULLED UP ON THE COLLECTIVE TO TRY TO SLOW THE ROTOR SYSTEM CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO RAPIDLY CLIMB TO 20-30 FEET AGL.  PIC THEN RAPIDLY LOWERED THE COLLECTIVE AND THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND AT SUCH A RATE THAT THE LANDING SKIDS WERE EXCESSIVELY SPREAD.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CEN17LA188](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN17LA188), Jan 24, 2017: Bell 407 (N6040Y), Fort Worth, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The flight instructor's failure to prevent the engine/rotor overspeed condition during the demonstration maneuver and the excessive descent rate during the emergency landing, which resulted in a hard…

## Other reports on N6040Y (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20140129001549I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140129001549I), Jan 29, 2014: Bell 407 (N6040Y), Fort Worth, TX, No damage. On 1/29/14 at approximately 0730, N6040Y with a Bell instructor pilot and pilot trainee departed alliance Fort Worth airport (kafw) to the Bell training…
- [Accident 20090923017739A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090923017739A), Sep 23, 2009: Bell 407 (N6040Y), Alliance, TX, Substantial damage. (-23) The flight instructor was operating the controls of the helicopter while demonstrating a simulated fadec emergency proedure, with the fadec control…

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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