Incident report
BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON CANADA 407 crash near Hickory, Kentucky, United States
fatal2016-07-111 fatality
Summary
Company maintenance personnel's inappropriate removal without replacement of the safety wires on the collective lever pin screws during a recent maintenance inspection, which resulted in the screws backing out and led to a loss of collective control in flight.
Incident details
Date
2016-07-11
Location
Hickory, Kentucky, United States
Aircraft
BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON CANADA 407
Operator
TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
Operator type
civil
Fatalities
1
Injuries
0
Probable cause
Under investigation
Phase of flight
approach
Weather
VMC
Source
NTSB CAROL ↗36.8828, -88.6789
Quick stats
Severityfatal
Fatalities1
Injuries0
SourceNTSB CAROL
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