# Accident 20240823018229A: Bell Textron Canada Ltd 505, Marianna, FL, August 23, 2024

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 23, 2024, 11:30 local time
- Place: Marianna, FL
- Airport: Marianna Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.8400° N, 85.1700° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.8400&lon=-85.1700&mi=10
- Aircraft: N945TC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N945TC) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 1,096 total, 23 in this make and model, 13 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA24LA399](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA399) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240823018229A

## Narrative

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

DELAYED REPORT - AIRCRAFT MADE A HARD LANDING ON RUNWAY.

INITIALLY THOUGHT TO BE A HARD LANDING, CAE AND BELL HELICOPTER STATING NOT A HARD LANDING, BUT HARD ENOUGH THAT HELICOPTER WAS TRAILERED TO BELL HELICOPTER IN PINEY FLATS TN TO BE REPAIRED, DAMAGE ASSESSMENT AND REPAIR COST RAISED INITIAL DETERMINATION FROM INCIDENT TO ACCIDENT BY NTSB

## 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 ERA24LA399](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA24LA399), Aug 23, 2024: Bell Textron Canada 505 (N945TC), Marianna, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The student pilot’s failure to maintain rotor rpm during a simulated autorotation, which allowed for a resonance phenomenon to develop. Contributing to the accident was the flight instructor’s…

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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