SERS · BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON CANADA 407 · 2022-06-04 · Fairfield, NJ, USA
Event
NTSB number
ERA22FA257
Event ID
20220604105184
Type
Accident
Date
2022-06-04
Location
Fairfield, NJ, USA
Coordinates
40.877638, -74.275796
Injuries
Highest injury
SERS
Fatal
0
Serious
1
Minor
0
Uninjured
0
Total aboard
1
Aircraft
Make
BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON CANADA
Model
407
Registration
N98ZA
FAR Part
091
Engines
1
Damage
SUBS
Conditions
Light
DAYL
Weather
VMC
Probable cause
The failure of maintenance personnel to properly secure the tail rotor crosshead drive plate and the failure of maintenance personnel, the maintenance pilot, and the accident pilot to detect the error, which led to the helicopter’s loss of tail rotor antitorque. Also causal was the pilot’s failure to maintain the helicopter’s airspeed at or above effective translational lift and perform a run-on landing, which resulted in a loss of control.