article_snippet: shortly before The actor crashed on a nearby Venice golf course on Thursday.
article_snippet: In 1999, Ford was flying a Bell 407 helicopter along the Lake Piru riverbed, north-east of Los Angeles, when a Bell 407 helicopter went down in a hard landing during a routine training session. '
article_snippet: After landing hard the aircraft  began skidding forward in the loose gravel before one of the aircraft   skids struck a partially embedded log and flipped onto the aircraft   side .
article_snippet: Neither the actor nor his instructor were hurt although a Bell 407 helicopter was severely damaged.
article_snippet: his later joked the incident gave his the opportunity to buy a new helicopter.
highlights_snippet: Back in 1999 Ford walked away unscathed after Ford helicopter flipped over in hard landing .