Accident: Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 429
Apr 26, 2022 · Elba, NY
NTSB numberERA22FA207Event id20220426105004
- 2
- Fatalities
- 0
- Serious injuries
- 0
- Minor injuries
- 0
- Uninjured
Probable cause
The pilots’ inappropriate flight control inputs while in vortex ring state, which resulted in main rotor blade contact with the tail boom and a subsequent in-flight breakup. Also causal was the flight instructor’s inadequate monitoring of the flight.
Source: National Transportation Safety Board. Record last changed Oct 28, 2026, 10:54 UTC.
Aircraft involved
- Aircraft
- Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 429
- Registration
- N507TJ
- Year built
- 2017
- Category
- Helicopter
- Damage
- Substantial
- Operating rules
- Part 91: general aviation
- Defining event
- Maneuvering Abrupt maneuver
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Nearest airports
Airports with a Voydar profile closest to the recorded position. Proximity only.
- Frederick Douglass Greater Rochester International Airport (ROC)21 nm (38 km) east
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