# Incident 20220119000761I: Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 407, Houma, LA, January 19, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 19, 2022, 12:24 local time
- Place: Houma, LA
- Airport: Mp289c
- Damage: Minor damage
- Collision: Collision on the ground
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: HEEA
- Location: 29.5786° N, 90.7079° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Houma, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.5786&lon=-90.7079&mi=10
- Aircraft: N440PH, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N440PH) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 407 (registry code 1182154, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-helicopter-textron-canada-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 HELICOPTER TEXTRON CANADA 407
- Reported engine: ROLLS-ROYC 250-C47B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 8,953 total, 4,556 in this make and model, 81 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220119000761I

## Narrative

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

ON THE HELIDECK OF MP289C, WHILE REPOSITIONING FOR AN INTENDED REFUEL AND PASSENGER PICK UP, THE PHI B407 TAIL ROTOR BLADES MADE CONTACT WITH THE MAIN ROTOR BLADE OF AN ADJACENT PARKED AND TIED-DOWN B407. THE DAMAGE TO BOTH THE TAIL ROTOR BLADE TIPS AND THE SINGLE MAIN ROTOR BLADE OF THE PARKED B407 ARE CONSIDERED MINOR. NO PASSENGERS OR EMPLOYEES WERE INJURED.  PILOT WAS TERMINATED FOR CAUSE BY COMPANY. (PHI) DURING PHONE INTERVIEW PILOT STATED HE WAS RETIRING FROM AVIATION.

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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