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.
Pilot struck an outer perimeter landing light with his tailrotor blade while making an approach to a helipad.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT STRUCK AN OUTER PERIMETER LANDING LIGHT WITH HIS TAILROTOR BLADE WHILE MAKING AN APPROACH TO A HELIPAD.
Other reports on N141CF · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.