No fatalities
BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON CANADA 505 NO SERIES accident at Fort Worth, TX, 27 Aug 2025
On August 27, 2025, a BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON CANADA 505 NO SERIES operated by Bell Training Academy was involved in an aviation accident near Fort Worth, TX. No fatalities were reported. Investigators recorded the probable cause as: 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. This summary draws on records from NTSB; 13 related events involving the same aircraft type or operator are linked below.
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