# Incident 20220429008959I: Bell Textron Canada Ltd 505, Cedar City, UT, April 29, 2022

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 29, 2022, 10:00 local time
- Place: Cedar City, UT
- Airport: Cedar City Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.7010° N, 113.0989° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CEDAR CITY RGNL (CDC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7010&lon=-113.0989&mi=10
- Aircraft: N505SU, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N505SU) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell Textron Canada 505 (registry code 1182166, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-textron-canada-505) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Safran ARRIUS-2R (registry code 59992, https://openairdocs.org/engine/safran-arrius-2r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL TEXTRON CANADA LTD 505
- Reported engine: SAFRAN ARRIUS 2R
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 948 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220429008959I

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT DEPARTED CEDAR CITY REGIONAL AIRPORT (CDC) FOR A LOCAL PERSONAL FLIGHT. SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF APPROXIMATELY FIVE MILES SOUTH OF CDC, THE MEASURED GAS TEMPERATURE (MGT) STARTED TO RISE. THE PILOT TURNED BACK TOWARD CDC WHILE MGT AND TURBINE OUTPUT TEMPERATURE (TOT) CONTINUED TO RISE.  THE PILOT LOWERED THE COLLECTIVE TO REDUCE TEMPERATURE, BUT THIS ACTION DID NOT STOP THE RISING TEMPERATURES.  THE PILOT REDUCED POWER, BUT OIL TEMPERATURE CONTINUED CLIMBING INTO THE RED AND THE PILOT COULD NO LONGER MAINTAIN ALTITUDE. THE PILOT PREPARED TO MAKE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING IN AN OPEN FIELD.  AT APPROXIMATELY 40 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL (AGL) ENGINE POWER WAS LOST AND THE PILOT PERFORMED AN AUTO-ROTATION TO THE GROUND.  THE AIRCRAFT HAD A HARD LANDING. THE SKIDS WERE SPREAD, AND ONE MAIN ROTOR BLADE CONTACTED THE TAIL ROTOR DRIVE SHAFT COVER, WHICH CONTACTED THE TAIL ROTOR DRIVE SHAFT. THE CREW AND PASSENGERS WERE ALL UNINJURED. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE.

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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