4,500 total1,000 in this make and model55 in the last 90 days
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 test flight lifted to hover. Drifted backwards and tail rotor hit berm. Aborted hover. Set down. Hard landing.
As the FAA filed it
ON TEST FLIGHT LIFTED TO HOVER. DRIFTED BACKWARDS AND TAIL ROTOR HIT BERM. ABORTED HOVER. SET DOWN. HARD LANDING.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.