Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 407
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Accident 20260819011162ABell Helicopter Textron Canada 407 · Carlisle, PAWhile hovering on north side of runway 28 approximately 150 from centerline helicopter was struck from behind by a Cessna 150. Since this was a mid-air collision reference second report number AEA1326011.Incident 20260626009479IBell Helicopter Textron Canada 407 · Driggs, IDThe 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…Accident 20260204001269ABell Helicopter Textron Canada 407 · Libby, MTOn 2/5/2026 at 20:15 local time, a Bell 407 helicopter was conducting part 135 EMS operations at the Libby, Montana hospital. Upon approach and landing, the tail rotor struck a light that is part of the helipad lighting system. The pilot was able to land and…Incident 20250225013009IBell Helicopter Textron Canada 407 · Tulsa, OKOn February 25, 2025 at approximately 2040 local, while initiating a descent to begin an approach, the aircraft struck a bird on the left windscreen. The bird broke through the windscreen causing minor damage to the aircraft exterior and interior. There were…Incident 20240813009819IBell Helicopter Textron Canada 407 · Bullhead City, AZ(Medivac) was inbound from the southeast for a full stop on the ramp. After landing, pilot stated they had a bird strike during approach at 2 miles and proceeded inbound to land on the ramp at their own risk. After landing the pilot reported damage to the…Accident 20240329002669ABell Helicopter Textron Canada 407 · Moran, KSEMS helicopter had been dispatched and was enroute VFR to pick up a patient. Aircraft was 130 KIAS at about 2500 feet MSL. Pilot spotted 3 birds but had no time to avoid. The pilot heard the inpact and immediately the aircraft began a vertical hop. The pilot…Accident 20231008018469ABell Helicopter Textron Canada 407 · Croydon, NHOn October 8, 2023 at about 1930 local time, a Bell 407 rotorcraft impacted the ground under unknown circumstances. There was one fatality, and the helicopter was destroyed upon impact. The accident flight originated at a private residence and was operated as…Incident 20230901015239IBell Helicopter Textron Canada 407 · Paris, TNThe helicopter was refueling with the engine operating at idle speed. The PIC was at the controls. The flight medic was pulling the refueling hose and grounding cable out to the aircraft to refuel. The grounding cable was attached to a retraction reel. The…Accident 20230801008179ABell Helicopter Textron Canada 407 · North Charlesto, SCOn August 1, 2023 at approximately 1530 hours (local), a Bell helicopter 407 was substantially damaged in an accident at the Charleston international airport (chs) in north Charleston, SC. The commercial rated pilot sustained minor injuries. The aircraft was…Incident 20230521002769IBell Helicopter Textron Canada 407 · Pensacola, FLWhile beginning the descent into the helipad atthe Pensacola hospital, the aircraft struck a bird causing damage to the upper right corner of the windscreen. Although, the bird did not make into the cockpit, portions of the windscreen did, resulting in a…Incident 20230416002529IBell Helicopter Textron Canada 407 · Ardmore, TNApril 16, 2023 - received report from dictor of operations that the Ardmore Tennessee base had a bird strike on aproch to base. Pilot completed the landing to base safely. Pilot recived small cut and bruise on the chin. Bird strike report was filed,…Accident 20230324009729ABell Helicopter Textron Canada 407 · Perris, CAOn March 24, 2023 at approximatly 1217 pacific daylight time, a Bell 407 helicopter was involved in a multiple person fatal accident near nuevo, California. The accident had no survivors and was occupied one pilot and one passenger. ADS-B information shows…Incident 20230205003689IBell Helicopter Textron Canada 407 · Decatur, TXThe instructor under observation initiated the simulated engine failure by rolling the throttle to the idle position and announced “simulated”. The pilot under instruction lowered the collective and initiated the autorotation. When the pilot under instruction…Incident 20220706012149IBell Helicopter Textron Canada 407 · Prescott, AZDuring approach to landing, the pilot attempted to approach the landing area with a strong tail wind in gusty conditions. He planned to maneuver the helicopter into the wind prior to touchdown. It is suspected that the pilot got into settling with power…Accident 20220604006289ABell Helicopter Textron Canada 407 · Fairfield, NJOn June 4, 2022 at approximately 1155 EDT, N98ZA, a Bell model 407 departed Essex County Airport, Fairfield, NJ (kcdw) bound for wall street heliport (kjrb). The aircraft was operated by 14 CFR part 135 air carrier [privacy data omitted] on a 14 CFR part 91…Accident 20220511003599ABell BHT-407 · Livermore, CAA Bell BHT-407 was performing human lift operations, human external cargo (hec) at the [privacy data omitted] training facility at Livermore, CA. Facility is approximately two miles west of Livermore airport. At approximately 150' altitude, the helicopter…Incident 20220119000761IBell Helicopter Textron Canada 407 · Houma, LAOn the helideck of MP289C, while repositioning for an intended refuel and passenger pick up, the phi B407 tail rotor blades made contact with the main rotor blade of an adjacent parked and tied-down B407. The damage to both the tail rotor blade tips and the…Accident 20211214021089ABell Helicopter Textron Canada 407 · Laplace, LAN150AS, BHT-407, departed btr ryan field for lake front airport in new orleans. Pilot hit power lines in Laplace, LA. Over interstate 10. Weather at time of accident was foggy. Pilot did not file a flight plan with ATC.Accident 20211214021079ABell Helicopter Textron Canada 407 · Bridgeport, TXOn December 14, 2021, at approximately 1330 central daylight time, a Bell 407, N862YB, left alliance airport headed to Bridgeport airport for a one hour flight and to top off on jet a fuel. The [privacy data omitted]pilot decided to use this opportunity to…Incident 20200609006139IBell Helicopter Textron Canada 407 · Houma, LAHelicopter was ferrying pipeline team approxmently 3 miles se of Houma airport when it ingested a small bird into the engine. The pilot reported a loud whine but no other abnormal indications. Acft landed at the Houma airport and after inspection damage was…Incident 20190707009389IBell Helicopter Textron Canada 407 · Lawton, OKOn July 7, 2019 at 1548(l) at Lawton-Fort Sill Regional Airport, OK the pilot of N390SF asked to taxi from hangar 5 to runway 17 for departure. Tower cleared N390SF to runway 17 via foxtrot taxiway. N390SF taxied onto runway 17 without clearance resulting in…Incident 20190429003589IBell Helicopter Textron Canada 407 · Worthington, PAWhile enroute from venango regional airport (kfkl), returning to the primary base of operations at arnold palmer regional airport (klbe), Pennsylvania state police helicopter N875ST, was involved in a bird strike incident with an osprey. The bird strike…Accident 20190303000829ABell Helicopter Textron Canada 407 · Union Center, SDOn March 03, 2019, at 00:13HRS. Local time, a Bell 407 helicopter, registered to and operated by air methods corp. was involved in an accident after landing and during the cool down/shut down operations to pick-up a patient. Visual meteorological conditions…Incident 20181014020239IBell Helicopter Textron Canada 407 · Craig, COJapa crew/pilot was responding to a scene call. While making the approach the aircraft struck a tree. Pilot used the medical crew to assist clearing the aircraft of obstacles. The pilot stated he could not have seen the tree due to structural illusion. There…Incident 20180324010099IBell Helicopter Textron Canada 407 · Winchester, VAOn 24 March, 2018, at approximatley 2230 EDT, an air ambulance flight operated by phi air medical LLC with one patient onboard diverted to Winchester regional airport (okv) following a bird strike. The pilot received a ¼ inch laceration to his right cheek and…Incident 20180104006179IBell Helicopter Textron Canada 407 · Norfolk, NEThe pilot and two medical crewmembers were on a return flight to a hospital helipad. During the approach to the helipad, the crew heard a noise outside the helicopter. The medical crewmembers Reported they felt a "shudder", believing it to be wind as they…Accident 20171119019549ABell 407 · Stuttgart, ARHelicopter impacted by numerous waterfowl at night breaking through plexiglass acrylic windshield and chin bubble.Accident 20160711010979ABell Helicopter Textron Canada 407 · Hickory, KYOn 07/11/2016 at approximately 11:23 am CDT according to witnesses aircraft N427TV approached the tva facility yard from the south and was landing in the cleared area of the tva storage yard. Witness stated ?everything sounded and looked normal and then at…Accident 20160418003949ABell 206-L4 · Arden Hills, MNRotorcraft approached and light hovered on top of 9' tall steel "conex" container for the purpose of picking up two firefighters during training. Pilot felt or heard a bang which he likened to sensation of tailstrike but realized tailstrike not possible.…Incident 20150327002869IBell Helicopter Textron Canada 407 · Deland, FLWhile on patrol volusia county sheriff?s department two miles south of the Deland airport, received a bird strike to the co-pilot chin bubble window which damage the window only no other damage received during the incident. The aircraft safely landed at…Incident 20141003017539IBell 407 · Edgewater, NJAircraft struck bird/s while conducting nyc sightseeing tour. Aircraft was southbound along west bank of hudson river, and upon impacting the bird, descended/landed uneventfully at west 30th st (jra) heliport, new york, NY. Bird penetrated windshield causing…Incident 20140607009269IBell Helicopter Textron Canada 407 · Arvada, WYOn 06/07/2014 on hwy 14/16, north east of Arvada WY, a bht 407 helicopter, N189AM, operated by air methods corporation, had an empty ambulance gurney roll into the moving tail rotor assembly. The helicopter had landed perpendicular and on the center of the…Accident 20130102000129ABell Helicopter Textron Canada 407 · Ventura, IAN445MT, a Bell 407, departed mercy medical center in mason city, Iowa at 20:45 CST. The destination was emmetsburg, Iowa to pick up a patient. The pilot and crew were wearing night vision goggles. Weather radar showed VFR conditions, but an Iowa state trooper…Accident 20121228027599ABell Helicopter Textron Canada 407 · Renton, WAOn December 28, 2012, at approximately 1015 pacific standard time, a Bell model 407 helicopter, registration number N407KS, operated by the king county sheriff's department as a 14 CFR part 91 public aircraft, sustained a tail rotor ground strike and hard…Accident 20121224028779ABell Helicopter Textron Canada 407 · Mcallen, TXAircraft, a Bell BH-407 helicopter N489AE, was positioned onto the helipad facing south toward the hangar for a patient transfer mission. A sister aircraft, N499AE, was parked just off the pad parallel and slightly aft along the west side. Following run-up…Incident 20120501009479IBell Helicopter Textron Canada 407 · Beluga, AKDuring a landing into a confined area, while under power the aircraft settled in the snow to a point where the rotor blades came in contact with the tops of spruce trees. All 4 rotor blades were damaged on the bottom of the blades. The leading edges and tops…Accident 20120323005219ABell 407 · Delray Beach, FLThe pilot in command initiated a throttle rollback on the pilot flying from approximately 800 feet AGL. The flying pilot was slow to react. The flying pilot transferred the flight controls to the pilot in command at approximately 500 feet. A descent was…Accident 20120215002739ABell Helicopter Textron Canada 407 · Jackson, WY02/15/2012, @1405MST, Bell helicopter, B407, N407HL, was destroyed during a hard landing in trees NE of Jackson, WY. 3 POB, 1 fatal, 2 serious. VMC conditions prevailed.Incident 20111213028979IBell Helicopter Textron Canada 407 · Cantwell, AKThe day after flight a mechanic performing a postflight inspection found one each tail rotor blade paint chipped. Upon further inspection found scuffing on the opposing tail rotor blade. Performed a hidden damage inspection and found voids in both tail rotor…Incident 20111201029769IBell Helicopter Textron Canada 407 · Intercoastal Ci, LAHelicopter took off from gulf of Mexico oil platform EC278-C enroute to EC261. The engine chip detector light illuminated followed by a loud whining noise followed by a loud popping noise and a large left yaw. Pilot made a successful auto-rotation water…Incident 20100804041269IBell Helico 407 · San Luis, COPilot departed raton, NM (krtn) and landed aircraft in a confined area at his residence in San Luis, CO. Aircraft tail rotor contacted small tree in the vicinity of parking pad, resulting in minor trailing edge damage.Incident 20090517009589IBell 407 · Denver, CO(-23) Several attempts have been made to contact medtrans but no response to date. This report will be forwarded to the NTSB for tracking purposes on bird strikes. The NTSB will continue future contacts with this company.Incident 20050506013229IBell 206L4 · Aitkin, MN(-23) The PIC started the helicopter at 0300L on 5/6/2005. Prior to lift off an overspeed may have occurred possibly resulting in an number of component damages. The fuel control unit and the governor have been sent to Bell for repair/analysis. No pilot error…Accident 19990409043959ABell 206L4 · Cloquet, MN(-23) N119SP departed mic for coq after completion of an annual inspection and series of maintenance flights. The a/c ran out of fuel about five (5) miles south of the coq airport. Autorotation was initiated followed by an emergency landing. The a/c…Incident 19900406018579IBell 206B · Cloguet, MNHit a power wire in flight. Landed safely off airport. Wires damaged swashplate and main rotorhead.
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