# Accident 20250823012649A: Bell OH-58A, Caseville, MI, August 23, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 23, 2025, 10:40 local time
- Place: Caseville, MI
- Airport: Farver Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.9308° N, 83.2735° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.9308&lon=-83.2735&mi=10
- Aircraft: N707EE, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N707EE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell OH-58A (registry code 1181579, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-oh-58a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Allison T63-A-700 (registry code 03086, https://openairdocs.org/engine/allison-t63-a-700) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL OH-58A
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 2
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 18,000 total, 220 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN25LA337](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA337) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250823012649A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT MADE A RAPID DESCENT APPROACH RESULTING IN A HARD LANDING ON RIGHT LANDING SKID WHICH INDUCED A DYNAMIC ROLL TO THE RIGHT.

## 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 CEN25LA337](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA337), Aug 23, 2025: Bell OH-58A (N707EE), Caseville, MI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The front seat passenger’s inadvertent movement of the cyclic control resulting in a dynamic rollover after landing. Contributing to the accident was the pilot’s decision to leave the dual flight…

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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