FAA incident report · Aerosp SE3160 · Pittsburgh, PA · October 13, 1983
From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Main rotor blade struck the tail rotor drive and cover when pilot tried to reposition helicopter in high wind.
MAIN ROTOR BLADE STRUCK THE TAIL ROTOR DRIVE AND COVER WHEN PILOT TRIED TO REPOSITION HELICOPTER IN HIGH WIND.