Incident report
Bell 407 crash near Abbeville, Louisiana, United States
unknown2023-05-23
Summary
The pilot’s failure to maintain proper helicopter control during autorotation that resulted in an abnormal ground contact which caused the subsequent main rotor strike on the tail boom that severed the tail rotor driveshaft. Contributing to the accident was the main rotor blowback condition, due to the aft tilting of the main rotor disk.
Incident details
Date
2023-05-23
Location
Abbeville, Louisiana, United States
Aircraft
Operator
Operator type
civil
Fatalities
0
Injuries
0
Probable cause
Weather
VMC
Source
NTSB CAROL ↗29.9752, -92.0847
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Severityunknown
Fatalities0
Injuries0
SourceNTSB CAROL
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