Inspection of another Bell 212, it says, found another main rotor ... “Failure of a main rotor hub strap pin will result in detachment of the main rotor blade and loss of control of the ...

Bell 212 Crash Prompts Emergency AD The FAA is mandating replacement of certain main rotor hub strap pins on Bell 204, 205, and 212 helicopter models following fatal crash in Canada. Share ...

Canada’s Transportation Safety Board has linked the fatal crash of a 1979 Bell 212 to the failure of a main rotor blade hub strap retaining pin. The fatal crash of this 1979 Bell 212 helicopter ...

Transport Canada said this week that its investigation into the Bell 212 helicopter accident found that one of the outboard main rotor hub strap pins "sheared off during flight, leading to ...

The main rotor hub strap pins in certain Bell 212, 204B and 205 series helicopters must be inspected and replaced, Transport Canada said in an emergency airworthiness directive issued Monday.

The pilot, 49-year-old Heath Coleman, was fighting a wildfire in Alberta, Canada, when a main rotor hub strap retaining pin on his Bell 212 failed during flight. Investigators later found that the ...

Transport Canada said earlier this week that its investigation into the Bell 212 helicopter accident found that one of the outboard main rotor hub strap pins "sheared off during flight ...

Colombo, May 10 (Daily Mirror) - Apossible mechanical failure is suspected to have caused the crash of a Us-made Sri Lanka Air Force Bell 212 helicopter ... that the tail rotor may have failed ...

Mast bumping is a helicopter issue where the rotor hub strikes the mast, often in two-bladed, teetering rotor systems like Bell models. It happens during low-G maneuvers or abrupt control inputs ...

Eyewitness video showed the rotors and the body of the helicopter separating in midair. The phenomenon is unique to helicopters with semi-rigid rotors, like the Bell ... to a hub that in turn ...