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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Bell Textron Canada 429 · Anniston, AL · December 10, 2025

Date
December 10, 2025 · 09:52 local
Place
Anniston, AL
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N24QT
Reported as
Bell Textron Canada 429
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney Canada PW207D1/D2
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
298 total45 in this make and model2 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

On approach to landing on the right of way betweeen the exit ramp of the interstate highway and the aircraft privacy data omitted, the pilot made a hard landing causing the rotor blades to contact the wire strike protective system (wsps) damaging the wsps, front windscreen and the rotor blades.

As the FAA filed it

ON APPROACH TO LANDING ON THE RIGHT OF WAY BETWEEEN THE EXIT RAMP OF THE INTERSTATE HIGHWAY AND THE AIRCRAFT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, THE PILOT MADE A HARD LANDING CAUSING THE ROTOR BLADES TO CONTACT THE WIRE STRIKE PROTECTIVE SYSTEM (WSPS) DAMAGING THE WSPS, FRONT WINDSCREEN AND THE ROTOR BLADES.