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On July 26, 2024, at 10:40 Central Daylight Time, a Viking Aviation LLC, doing business as Survival Flight, Bell 407 helicopter, powered by a single Rolls-Royce Corporation model M250- C47B turboshaft engine, experienced an uncontained engine failure while traveling to refuel after dropping off a patient. The engine failure necessitated a forced landing in a field. The pilot reported the incident occurred during the third flight of the day while using night vision goggles (NVG) from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (OK) to Okmulgee, OK with the autopilot engaged and the helicopter in level flight at 2,000 feet mean sea level (MSL), 1,400 feet above ground level (AGL). The pilot reported that the cockpit gauges indicated the engine torque to be 78%, the gas producer temperature (NGT) 707°C-710°C, and gas producer rotor speed (Ng also commonly referred to as N1) at 98.6%.
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The pilot stated that he was flying the helicopter solo with the doors removed while scouting potential locations for an aerial photography flight scheduled for later that day. During cruise flight, he heard a loud“boom”and felt a slight airframe vibration. He subsequently lost tail rotor thrust and performed an autorotation to an area of snow-covered, mountainous terrain.
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Silver Air Private Jets is expanding its Business Development team with the addition of Eric Tabor
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The NTSB has released the final report on the Gulfstream 695A (N965BC) that crashed into mountainous
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There are strange aircraft, and then there is the Sud-Est Grognard. At first, the French prototype
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In a document submitted to Congress, the U.S. Air Force laid out its desire to almost double its
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Tecnam announced on Wednesday that it secured a total of 86 aircraft orders during AERO
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Apr
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2026
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AIRCRAFT LANDING ON A MOUNTAIN TOP AND TAIL ROTOR STRUCK A TREE, YOUNG, AZ.
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2026
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AIRCRAFT PREPARING TO LOAD PATIENT, CREW MEMBER LOST CONTROL OF THE STRETCHER AND ROLLED INTO THE TAIL ROTOR. PATIENT HAD NOT YET BEEN PLACED ON THE STRETCHER AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT, CHAPMANSBORO, TN.
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The FAA is seeking input on proposed updates to Part 141 pilot school regulations to support modern
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