# Accident 20250430004399A: Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 505, Bethany, OK, April 30, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 30, 2025, 06:10 local time
- Place: Bethany, OK
- Airport: Wiley Post
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.5361° N, 97.6424° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.5361&lon=-97.6424&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9TV, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9TV-2025-07-17) (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: 2
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 13,891 total, 210 in this make and model, 89 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN25LA167](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA167) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250430004399A

## Narrative

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

ON APRIL 30, 2025, AT APPROXIMATELY 18:41 LOCAL TIME, THIS OFFICE WAS CONTACTED BY THE REGIONAL OPERATIONS CENTER REGARDING A HELICOPTER ACCIDENT AT WILEY POST AIRPORT (KPWA). SURVEILLANCE FOOTAGE SHOWS THE HELICOPTER APPROACHING FROM THE NORTH IN AN ATTEMPT TO LAND FACING SOUTH ON A MOBILE LANDING PAD ATTACHED TO A TRACTOR. DURING THE LANDING, THE HELICOPTER’S LEFT SKID MADE CONTACT WITH THE PAD ON THE FAR-LEFT SIDE, WHILE THE RIGHT SKID REMAINED AIRBORNE. THE HELICOPTER APPEARED TO BANK TO THE RIGHT WHICH LOWERED THE RIGHT SKID INTO THE GAP BETWEEN THE SECTIONS OF THE LANDING PAD. THE REAR OF THE RIGHT SKID CAUGHT THE LANDING PAD AND THIS CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO ROLL OVER TO THE RIGHT, WITH THE MAIN ROTOR BLADES STRIKING THE GROUND. THE HELICOPTER CAME TO REST APPROXIMATELY 66 FEET NORTHWEST FROM THE LANDING PAD, ORIENTED ON A HEADING OF 330 DEGREES NORTHWEST.

## 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 CEN25LA167](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA167), Apr 30, 2025: Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 505 (N9TV), Bethany, OK, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s improper landing technique that allowed the helicopter’s right skid to get caught on the landing platform, which resulted in a dynamic rollover.

## Other reports on N9TV (1)

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

- [Incident 20230419003609I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230419003609I), Apr 19, 2023: Bell 407 (N9TV), Norman, OK, Minor damage. On 4/19/2023 at approximately 1945 local a piece of hail from a storm cell impacted the right windscreen on the helicopter and broke it. This is a media…

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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