# Accident 20250827013099A: Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 505, Hurst, TX, August 27, 2025

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 27, 2025, 14:00 local time
- Place: Hurst, TX
- Airport: Bell South Airfield
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: Pilot school (Part 141)
- Operator: FW8S
- Location: 32.7964° N, 97.1504° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7964&lon=-97.1504&mi=10
- Aircraft: N505GR, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N505GR) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 505 (registry code 1182165, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-helicopter-textron-canada-505) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Turbomeca ARRIUS-2R (registry code 60085, https://openairdocs.org/engine/turbomeca-arrius-2r) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON CANADA 505
- Reported engine: TURBOMECA ARRIUS 2R
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 6,848 total, 717 in this make and model, 146 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN25LA381](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA381) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250827013099A

## Narrative

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

ON AUGUST 27, 2025, AT APPROXIMATELY 1915 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A BELL 505 HAD A HARD LANDING FROM AN AUTOROTATION TRAINING EVENT NEAR BELL SOUTH FIELD HELIPORT (XS04). THE AIRCRAFT WAS FLYING FROM NORTH TO SOUTH AND STARTED TO PERFORM AN AUTOROTATION PROCEDURE. AT APPROXIMATELY 40-50 FEET THE PILOT NOTICED THE RATE OF DECENT ACCELERATED AND PUT IN MORE COLLECTIVE. THEY NOTICED THAT THE WIND EFFECT DISAPPEARED, AND THE RATE INCREASED. AT APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET THE PILOT INPUT FULL COLLECTIVE AND FLARED THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND HARD ENOUGH TO SPLIT THE SKIDS OUTWARD AND SKID THE AIRCRAFT FORWARD APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET FORWARD AS INDICATED BY IMPACT MARKS ON THE GROUND. THE PILOT AND TRAINEE WERE UNINJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.

KGPM 271915Z AUTO 19004KT 10SM SCT046 32/20 A3012 RMK AO2

## 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 CEN25LA381](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA381), Aug 27, 2025: Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 505 (N505GR), Fort Worth, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: The manufacturer flight instructor’s failure to maintain proper airspeed and a proper descent rate during a demonstrated hover out of ground effect (HOGE) autorotation, which resulted in a hard…

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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