# Accident 20221008016559A: Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 505, Moab, UT, October 8, 2022

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 8, 2022, 12:35 local time
- Place: Moab, UT
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.5685° N, 109.5494° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5685&lon=-109.5494&mi=10
- Aircraft: N874BB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N874BB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 505 (registry code 1182165, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-helicopter-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 HELICOPTER TEXTRON CANADA 505
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,326 total, 120 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR23LA009](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR23LA009) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20221008016559A

## Narrative

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

ON OCTOBER 8, 2022, THE PILOT AND ONE PASSENGER WENT ON A RECREATIONAL FLIGHT.  THEIR INTENT WAS TO LAND IN A REMOTE PLACE WHERE FOUR OTHER HELICOPTERS HAD LANDED THE DAY BEFORE.  THE PILOT BELIEVED HE WAS LANDING ON A RELATIVELY LEVEL SURFACE.  AFTER THE SKIDS HAD INITIALLY TOUCHED THE GROUND, THE PILOT BEGAN LOWERING THE COLLECTIVE WHEN NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT ABRUPTLY PITCHING UP AND THE TAIL DOWN.  IN THE ATTEMPT TO CORRECT THE SITUATION, THE PILOT MOVED THE CYCLIC FORWARD AND ABRUPTLY RAISED THE COLLECTIVE.  HOWEVER, THE PILOT DID NOT TAKE OUT THE FORWARDED DISPLACEMENT OF THE CYCLIC AT A RATE COMMENSURATE WITH THE RATE THE COLLECTIVE WAS RAISED.  THE HELICOPTER PITCHED FORWARD AND ROLLED ONTO ITS RIGHT SIDE.

THERE WAS A RELATIVELY LARGE ROCK IN CLOSE PROXIMITY OF THE LEFT SKID WHICH MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE SEQUENCE OF EVENTS.  THE PILOT IS NOT SURE, BUT THOUGHT HE HAD MISSED THE ROCK.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB WPR23LA009](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR23LA009), Oct 8, 2022: Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 505 (N874BB), Moab, UT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s loss of helicopter control during landing, that resulted in a dynamic roll over.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.