# Incident 20230205003689I: Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 407, Decatur, TX, February 5, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 5, 2023, 15:20 local time
- Place: Decatur, TX
- Airport: Decatur Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: M3XA
- Location: 33.2542° N, 97.5805° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DECATUR MUNI (LUD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2542&lon=-97.5805&mi=10
- Aircraft: N911GX, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N911GX) (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: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 3,908 total, 424 in this make and model, 27 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230205003689I

## Narrative

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

THE INSTRUCTOR UNDER OBSERVATION INITIATED THE SIMULATED ENGINE FAILURE BY ROLLING THE THROTTLE TO THE IDLE POSITION AND ANNOUNCED “SIMULATED”. THE PILOT UNDER INSTRUCTION LOWERED THE COLLECTIVE AND INITIATED THE AUTOROTATION. WHEN THE PILOT UNDER INSTRUCTION INITIATED THE FLARE AT APPROXIMATELY 150’ AGL, THE INSTRUCTOR UNDER OBSERVATION BEGAN TO ADVANCE THE THROTTLE TO THE MAX DETENT. THE OBSERVER VISUALLY SAW THE INSTRUCTOR UNDER OBSERVATION ADVANCE THE THROTTLE TO THE MAX DETENT AND DID NOT SEE OR HEAR ANYTHING UNUSUAL UNTIL THE LOW ROTOR HORN BECAME AUDIBLE. MOMENTS LATER, THE AIRCRAFT LANDED HARD ON THE PARALLEL TAXIWAY.

## Other reports on N911GX (1)

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

- [Incident 20090517009589I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090517009589I), May 17, 2009: Bell 407 (N911GX), Denver, CO, Minor damage. (-23) Several attempts have been made to contact medtrans but no response to date. This report will be forwarded to the NTSB for tracking purposes on bird…

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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