# Incident 20250818015689I: Bell Helicopter Corp UH-1D, Deland, FL, August 18, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 18, 2025, 13:00 local time
- Place: Deland, FL
- Airport: Deland Municipal-Sidney H Taylor Fi
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.0670° N, 81.2838° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DELAND MUNI-SIDNEY H TAYLOR FLD (DED), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.0670&lon=-81.2838&mi=10
- Aircraft: N849DB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N849DB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell Helicopter UH-1D (registry code 1181330, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-helicopter-uh-1d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming T5313B (registry code 41613, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-t5313b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL HELICOPTER CORP UH-1D
- Reported engine: LYCOMING T5313B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250818015689I

## Narrative

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

ON 08/18/2025, THE AIRMAN LISTED WAS OPERATING A HELICOPTER (^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^) AT DELAND MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (DED). THE PILOT MISMANAGED THE COLLECTIVE CONTROLS DURING FLARE AND LANDING SEQUENCE AND INDUCED A COLLECTIVE BOUNCE. THE COLLECTIVE BOUNCE CREATED AN EXCESSIVE VERICAL OCCILATION AND VIBRATION. THE MISMANAGEMENT OF THE COLLECTIVE CONTROLS DURING THE LANDING SQUENCE LED TO A HARD LANDING IN WHICH THE TAIL ROTOR STRUCK THE PAVEMENT OF THE TAXIWAY AND GRASS MEDIAN. A EXTERNAL VIDEO SHOWS THE AIRCRAFT STRIKING THE SKIDS FIRST, AND THE TAIL BOOM ANTI-BUMP SECONDARY. THE AIRCRAFT ROCKED FORWARD AND AFT UPON LANDING WHICH CAUSED THE TAIL ROTOR TO STRIKE THE TAXIWAY PAVEMENT AND GROUND.

ADDITIONAL VIDEO EVIDENCE INDICATES THE PILOT AT THE CONTROLS (PIC) WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.

## Other reports on N849DB (1)

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

- [Accident 20250216018269A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250216018269A), Feb 16, 2025: Bell Helicopter Corp UH-1D (N849DB), Deland, FL, Minor damage. On 02/16/2025 a UH-1D struck it's tail and tail rotor during a repositioning flight at Deland municipal airport (ded). The FAA was notified of the accident via…

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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