What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
On 09/15/2020 at 1720 CDT a Bell 407 helicopter suffered a hard landing on taxiway papa at alliance airport in Fort Worth, TX during autorotation training.
The instructor pilot took over controls immediately before impact and applied both throttle and collective.
The aircraft came to rest upright with only the skids having contacted the ground. The landing gear was spread evenly to 98 inches between the skids. The mainrotor blades made contact with both auxiliary fins of the horizontal stabilizer, aft tailrotor driveshaft cowling, and the number four tailrotor driveshaft.
As the FAA filed it
ON 09/15/2020 AT 1720 CDT A BELL 407 HELICOPTER SUFFERED A HARD LANDING ON TAXIWAY PAPA AT ALLIANCE AIRPORT IN FORT WORTH, TX DURING AUTOROTATION TRAINING.
THE INSTRUCTOR PILOT TOOK OVER CONTROLS IMMEDIATELY BEFORE IMPACT AND APPLIED BOTH THROTTLE AND COLLECTIVE.
THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST UPRIGHT WITH ONLY THE SKIDS HAVING CONTACTED THE GROUND. THE LANDING GEAR WAS SPREAD EVENLY TO 98 INCHES BETWEEN THE SKIDS. THE MAINROTOR BLADES MADE CONTACT WITH BOTH AUXILIARY FINS OF THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER, AFT TAILROTOR DRIVESHAFT COWLING, AND THE NUMBER FOUR TAILROTOR DRIVESHAFT.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.