# Incident 20180211002389I: Bell 407, Lancaster, TX, February 11, 2018

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 11, 2018, 14:45 local time
- Place: Lancaster, TX
- Airport: Lancaster Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: VE7A
- Location: 32.5776° N, 96.7175° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LANCASTER RGNL (LNC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5776&lon=-96.7175&mi=10
- Aircraft: N434PH, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N434PH) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell 407 (registry code 1182206, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-407) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison 250-C47B (registry code 03109, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-250-c47b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL 407
- Reported engine: ALLISON 250-C47B
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 3,200 total, 1,200 in this make and model, 46 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180211002389I

## Narrative

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

HELICOPTER DEPARTED HELIPORT (73T) ENROUTE TO LNC AIRPORT. THE PURPOSE OF THE FLIGHT WAS TO CONDUCT EMERGENCY PROCEDURES TRAINING, PRACTICING TOUCHDOWN AUTO-ROTATIONS IN THE GRASS PARALLEL TO RWY 31. THE PIC/INSTRUCTOR WAS DEMONSTRATING AN AUTO-ROTATION TO THE GROUND. AFTER TOUCHDOWN, THE HELICOPTER SKIDS DUG INTO THE GROUND CAUSING THE NOSE TO PITCH DOWN AND THE HELICOPTER TO ROLL FORWARD. THE PIC APPLIED AFT CYCLIC TO COUNTER ACT THE FORWARD MOVEMENT CAUSING THE MAIN ROTOR BLADES TO CONTACT THE LEFT SIDE WINGLET.

## Other reports on N434PH (1)

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

- [Incident 20170803016879I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170803016879I), Aug 3, 2017: Bell 407 (N434PH), Midlothian, TX, Minor damage. Crew was training a stuck pedal maneuver when the main rotor blades contacted the left hand vertical fin.

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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