Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 505 N505GR accident near Fort Worth, Texas, August 27, 2025
Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 505, registration N505GR, was involved in an accident near Fort Worth, Texas on August 27, 2025. The NTSB lists the highest injury level as none. Case CEN25LA381 is completed.
ADS-B receivers recorded 62 minutes of the flight, reaching a maximum of 1,125 ft. The last recorded position was at 18:15 UTC, on the ground, about 15 km from Grand Prairie Muni (KGPM).
The nearest weather report, from KGPM (15 km away), showed wind 180° at 5 knots, visibility 6 miles or more, ceiling 3,500 ft (VFR conditions).
The aircraft is a Bell 505 Jet Ranger X registered in United States (Mode S A64D29).
This page reconstructs the flight from public ADS-B data for information only. The NTSB report is the authority on what happened and why.
Key facts
- Date
- August 27, 2025
- Location
- Fort Worth, Texas
- Aircraft
- Bell Helicopter Textron Canada 505
- Registration
- N505GR
- Injuries
- None
- NTSB case
- CEN25LA381 (Completed)
- Nearest airport
- Grand Prairie Muni (KGPM)
- Recorded flight
- 62 min, max 1,125 ft
- Last recorded position
- 18:15 UTC, on the ground
3D flight replay
Replay the recorded flight in 3D with the weather, light and terrain at the time, flight instruments reconstructed from the aircraft's ADS-B transmissions, and automatically detected events.
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Sources: NTSB case CEN25LA381; ADS-B flight data from adsb.lol (ODbL); weather from NOAA / Iowa Environmental Mesonet and Open-Meteo.