FAA incident report · Bell 222U · Lake Charles, LA · July 5, 1986
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.
During landing at accident scene, the tail rotor contacted a rotten fence post. Rotor blades changed.
DURING LANDING AT ACCIDENT SCENE, THE TAIL ROTOR CONTACTED A ROTTEN FENCE POST. ROTOR BLADES CHANGED.