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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bell 407 · Midlothian, TX · August 3, 2017

Date
August 3, 2017 · 10:00 local
Place
Midlothian, TX
Airport
Midway Regional
Phase of flight
Maneuver
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Operator
VE7A
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N434PH
Reported as
Bell 407
Reported engine
Allison 250-C47B
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
3,970 total256 in this make and model27 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Crew was training a stuck pedal maneuver when the main rotor blades contacted the left hand vertical fin.

As the FAA filed it

CREW WAS TRAINING A STUCK PEDAL MANEUVER WHEN THE MAIN ROTOR BLADES CONTACTED THE LEFT HAND VERTICAL FIN.

Other reports on N434PH · 1

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