Aerospatiale SA315B N926JV

Summary

On 13 March 2007 at about 14:00 local time, a Aerospatiale SA315B registered N926JV was involved in an accident near Norwood, Colorado, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

13 March 2007 at 14:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Norwood, Colorado, United States

Coordinates

38.0833, -108.2500

Aircraft

Aerospatiale SA315B

Registration

N926JV

Category

Helicopter

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Positioning

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Grand Junction → Durango

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DEN07CA073

Nobody was injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot said the helicopter was in cruise flight when it yawed suddenly and began vibrating. After making a precautionary landing, the pilot inspected the helicopter and found two of the three tail rotor blades were bent, and the drive shaft was bent 24 degrees. Feathers and bird remains were found in the tail rotor system. A Denver Zoo avian said they were down feathers but could not identify the bird species.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.