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.
What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
On a 180 degree autorotation turn aircraft sink was faster than normal. Tail skid, then tail rotor hit ground.
As the FAA filed it
ON A 180 DEGREE AUTOROTATION TURN AIRCRAFT SINK WAS FASTER THAN NORMAL. TAIL SKID, THEN TAIL ROTOR HIT GROUND.
Other reports on N279F · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.