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 takeoff from pad on a bluff aircraft descended below bluff. Rotorspeed slowing down. Landed in 10 feet of water.
As the FAA filed it
ON TAKEOFF FROM PAD ON A BLUFF AIRCRAFT DESCENDED BELOW BLUFF. ROTORSPEED SLOWING DOWN. LANDED IN 10 FEET OF WATER.
Other reports on N4884 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.