27 Aug 2025: BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON CANADA 505 NO SERIES — Bell Training Academy — Fort Worth, TX
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.
— NTSB Determination
Contributing factors
Instructor/check pilotAirspeed — Not attained/maintainedDescent rate — Not attained/maintained