Bell 206L-4 N225GH

Summary

On 25 January 2006 at about 21:15 local time, a Bell 206L-4 registered N225GH, operated by Bell Training Academy, was involved in an accident near Fort Worth, Texas, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

25 January 2006 at 21:15

Classification

Accident

Location

Fort Worth, Texas, United States

Coordinates

32.9858, -97.3178

Aircraft

Bell 206L-4

Registration

N225GH

Category

Helicopter

Engines

1

Operator

Bell Training Academy

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Instructional

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Fort Worth → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DFW06CA058

Nobody was injured.

The flight instructors failure to maintain main rotor RPM and improper flare, which resulted in a hard landing.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The 11,500-hour helicopter flight instructor reported that he was instructing a 9,500-hour airline transport rated pilot at a private training runway (2,000-feet long by 75-feet wide asphalt runway). During a practice autorotation, the flight instructor stated that the helicopter experienced a hard landing as a result of low rotor RPM during touchdown. The flight instructor also reported that there were no abnormalities with the helicopter's flight controls, or engine at the time of the accident. The winds at the time of the accident were reported as light and variable. The density altitude was estimated at 750-feet mean sea level (MSL).

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.