# NTSB Accident CEN23LA199
> **BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON CANADA 407** · 2023-05-23 · Abbeville, LA, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CEN23LA199
- **Event ID:** 20230523192228
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2023-05-23
- **Location:** Abbeville, LA, USA
- **Coordinates:** 29.975151, -92.084742
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 2
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON CANADA
- **Model:** 407
- **Registration:** N451PH
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot’s failure to maintain proper helicopter control during autorotation that resulted in an abnormal ground contact which caused the subsequent main rotor strike on the tail boom that severed the tail rotor driveshaft. Contributing to the accident was the main rotor blowback condition, due to the aft tilting of the main rotor disk.

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