Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 505 N874BB

Summary

On 8 October 2022 at about 16:00 local time, a Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 505 registered N874BB was involved in an accident near Moab, Utah, United States. 2 people were on board and one was seriously injured, one had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

8 October 2022 at 16:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Moab, Utah, United States

Coordinates

38.5685, -109.5494

Aircraft

Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 505

Registration

N874BB

Category

Helicopter

Year built

2019

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Gateway → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

WPR23LA009

1 person was seriously injured.

The pilot’s loss of helicopter control during landing, that resulted in a dynamic roll over.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot reported that, he was initiating a landing to a ledge. As the landing skids contacted the ground, the pilot felt the helicopter settle tail first. Startled by this, he abruptly raised the collective, unaware that he was holding forward cyclic input. As power was applied, the rear skids lifted off the ground first, creating a nose low attitude. The helicopter subsequently rolled over onto its right side substantially damaging the fuselage. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the helicopter that would have precluded normal operation.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.