Accident: Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 407
Jul 11, 2016 · Hickory, KY
NTSB numberERA16FA248Event id20160711X32921
- 1
- Fatalities
- 0
- Serious injuries
- 0
- Minor injuries
- 0
- Uninjured
Probable cause
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.
Source: National Transportation Safety Board. Record last changed Oct 28, 2026, 10:54 UTC.
Aircraft involved
- Aircraft
- Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 407
- Registration
- N427TV
- Year built
- 2012
- Category
- Helicopter
- Damage
- Substantial
- Operating rules
- Part 91: general aviation
- Defining event
- Approach-VFR pattern final Flight control sys malf/fail
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Nearest airports
Airports with a Voydar profile closest to the recorded position. Proximity only.
- Barkley Regional Airport (PAH)12 nm (22 km) north-west
- Murray-Calloway County Airport Kyle-Oakley Field (CEY)20 nm (36 km) south-east
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