NTSB CAROL · Event
Event MIA88LA026
Registry · N888DJ
FAA Aircraft Registry record.
Make / Model
BELL 407
Year of manufacture
2000
TCDS
H2SW · BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON CANADA LTD
Engine
ALLISON 250-C47 (600 hp)
Seats / Engines
7 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20000301
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S AC3BE1
Registrant of record
D M FARMS OF ROSE HILL LLC
Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).
Aircraft involved
Factual narrative
THE ACFT MADE A HARD LDG DURING HEAVY RAIN & AFTER BEING ADVISED OF WIND SHEAR. THE CREW STATED THAT AT ONE POINT, THE ACFT WAS THROWN INTO A 60 DEG BANK WITH AIRSPEED FLUCTUATIONS PLUS OR MINUS 20 KTS ABOUT 400 TO 600 FT AGL. THE PLT STATED THAT AT 100 TO 150 FT AGL, THE ACFT GAINED ALT VERY SWIFTLY & DROPPED VERY SWIFTLY TO THE RWY. THE ACFT STRUCK THE RWY WITH A HIGH SINK RATE WHICH BLEW A TIRE, BROKE A WHEEL & CAUSED THE LEFT ENGINE TO TEAR LOOSE FROM THE MOUNT & DAMAGE THE WING. AFTER LDG, THE PLT TAXIED TO THE RAMP WHERE THE DAMAGE WAS SUBSEQUENTLY DISCOVERED DURING A WALKAROUND INSPECTION. THE PLT HAD RECENTLY RECEIVED GROUND TRAINING IN WIND SHEAR. PAX ABOARD THE FLT STATED THAT THEY HAD SUSTAINED ANOTHER HARD LDG EARLIER IN THE DAY AT TETERBORO, NJ ON THE SAME ACFT FLOWN BY THE SAME CREW. THE PLT WAS GIVEN A REMEDIAL FLIGHT REVIEW AS A RESULT OF THIS ACCIDENT BY THE FAA. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12
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NTSB_1987_MIA88LA026.txt.
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Academic papers and agency reports matching this event's aircraft type or causal vocabulary (wind shear). Sourced from NASA NTRS, NTSB Safety Studies, FAA CAMI, AOPA Air Safety Institute, Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons, arXiv, and the Semantic Scholar academic graph.
- NASA NTRS 2019 · Conference Paper
Optimal recovery from microburst wind shear
The flight path of a twin-jet transport aircraft is optimized in a microburst encounter during approach to landing. The objective is to execute an escape maneuver that maintains safe ground clearance …
- NASA NTRS 2019 · Contractor Report (CR)
An Examination of Aviation Accidents Associated with Turbulence, Wind Shear and Thunderstorm
The focal point of the study reported here was the definition and examination of turbulence, wind shear and thunderstorm in relation to aviation accidents.
- NASA NTRS 2019 · Conference Paper
Analysis of extreme wind shear
New methods utilizing extreme value statistical theory are applied in the analysis of the largest wind component shear in a wind profile as a function of shear layer thickness and season.
- NASA NTRS 2019 · Technical Memorandum (TM)
Probabilities of zero wind shear phenomena based on Rawinsonde data records
Probabilities of zero wind shear occurence and depth based on rawinsonde data records
- NASA NTRS 2019 · Contractor Report (CR)
A Wind Shear Mechanism for Producing Sporadic E by Concentrating Minor Meteoric Ions
Wind shear mechanism for producing sporadic E layer by concentrating minor meteoric ions
- NASA NTRS 2019 · Technical Memorandum (TM)
Some aspects of wind shear in the upper atmosphere
Hydrodynamic turbulence and wind shear in upper atmosphere
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