# NTSB Accident CEN25LA381
> **BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON CANADA 505** · 2025-08-27 · Fort Worth, TX, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CEN25LA381
- **Event ID:** 20250916201009
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2025-08-27
- **Location:** Fort Worth, TX, USA
- **Coordinates:** 32.796442, -97.150405
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 2
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON CANADA
- **Model:** 505
- **Registration:** N505GR
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The manufacturer flight instructor’s failure to maintain proper airspeed and a proper descent rate during a demonstrated hover out of ground effect (HOGE) autorotation, which resulted in a hard landing. Contributing to the accident was the manufacturer flight instructor’s failure to perform corrective action during the HOGE autorotation with a power recovery in a timely manner.

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