Incident report
Bell 407 crash near Fort Worth, Texas, United States
unknown2017-01-24
Summary
The flight instructor's failure to prevent the engine/rotor overspeed condition during the demonstration maneuver and the excessive descent rate during the emergency landing, which resulted in a hard landing. Contributing to the engine/rotor overspeed condition was the flight instructor's failure to comply with the demonstration procedure.
Incident details
Date
2017-01-24
Location
Fort Worth, Texas, United States
Aircraft
Operator type
civil
Fatalities
0
Injuries
0
Probable cause
Phase of flight
landing
Weather
VMC
Source
NTSB CAROL ↗33.0492, -97.2936
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Severityunknown
Fatalities0
Injuries0
SourceNTSB CAROL
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