# Incident 20260626009479I: Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 407, Driggs, ID, June 26, 2026

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 26, 2026, 10:22 local time
- Place: Driggs, ID
- Airport: Driggs-Reed Memorial
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Hover/Holding
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.7463° N, 111.0913° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DRIGGS/REED MEML (DIJ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.7463&lon=-111.0913&mi=10
- Aircraft: N465NE, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N465NE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 407 (registry code 1182154, https://openairdocs.org/model/bell-helicopter-textron-canada-407) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rolls-Royce 250-C47B (registry code 54585, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rolls-royce-250-c47b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON CANADA 407
- Reported engine: ROLLS-ROYC 250-C47B
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 16,450 total, 230 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260626009479I

## Narrative

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

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.

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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