# NTSB Accident ERA22FA207
> **BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON CANADA 429** · 2022-04-26 · Elba, NY, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** ERA22FA207
- **Event ID:** 20220426105004
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2022-04-26
- **Location:** Elba, NY, USA
- **Coordinates:** 43.063838, -78.139356
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 2
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON CANADA
- **Model:** 429
- **Registration:** N507TJ
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 2
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## 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.

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