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FAA incident report · Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 407 · Driggs, ID · June 26, 2026

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Date
June 26, 2026 · 10:22 local
Place
Driggs, ID
Airport
Driggs-Reed Memorial
Phase of flight
Hover/Holding
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N465NE
Reported as
Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 407
Reported engine
Rolls-Royce 250-C47B
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
1
Pilot’s certificates
Airline transport, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
16,450 total230 in this make and model40 in the last 90 days
N465NERegistered now · Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 407S/N 54652 · Built 2015Airframe modelBell Helicopter Textron Canada 407Engine modelRolls-Royce 250-C47BTurbo-shaft

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.

The aircraft was maneuvering in a hover to a landing location on the airport ramp. Winds were 200 degrees at 20 knots gusting 29 knots. During a hover turn the aircraft turned farther than expected and accelerated into multiple spins. The pilot forced the aircraft to the ground. The aircraft landed upright. The ground impact caused minor damage (as detemined by the NTSB) to the skid cross tubes and a broken left side chin bubble.

As the FAA filed it

THE AIRCRAFT WAS MANEUVERING IN A HOVER TO A LANDING LOCATION ON THE AIRPORT RAMP. WINDS WERE 200 DEGREES AT 20 KNOTS GUSTING 29 KNOTS. DURING A HOVER TURN THE AIRCRAFT TURNED FARTHER THAN EXPECTED AND ACCELERATED INTO MULTIPLE SPINS. THE PILOT FORCED THE AIRCRAFT TO THE GROUND. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED UPRIGHT. THE GROUND IMPACT CAUSED MINOR DAMAGE (AS DETEMINED BY THE NTSB) TO THE SKID CROSS TUBES AND A BROKEN LEFT SIDE CHIN BUBBLE.