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.
Narrative: during the performance of a straight-in auto-rotation with a power recovery by the student pilot, collective application was applied late as well as the leveling of the skids. The tail skid settled into the soft ground causing the tail rotor to strike the ground. This caused damage to the aircraft tail rotor. This investigation is closed.
As the FAA filed it
NARRATIVE: DURING THE PERFORMANCE OF A STRAIGHT-IN AUTO-ROTATION WITH A POWER RECOVERY BY THE STUDENT PILOT, COLLECTIVE APPLICATION WAS APPLIED LATE AS WELL AS THE LEVELING OF THE SKIDS. THE TAIL SKID SETTLED INTO THE SOFT GROUND CAUSING THE TAIL ROTOR TO STRIKE THE GROUND. THIS CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT TAIL ROTOR. THIS INVESTIGATION IS CLOSED.
Other reports on N1040S · 6
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.