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: while herding a flock of swimming geese, the airman attempted rearward flight, striking the tail rotor on the surface of the lake. Loss of directional control ensued and the aircraft was allowed to settle into the lake. This incident is closed with this report.
As the FAA filed it
NARRATIVE: WHILE HERDING A FLOCK OF SWIMMING GEESE, THE AIRMAN ATTEMPTED REARWARD FLIGHT, STRIKING THE TAIL ROTOR ON THE SURFACE OF THE LAKE. LOSS OF DIRECTIONAL CONTROL ENSUED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS ALLOWED TO SETTLE INTO THE LAKE. THIS INCIDENT IS CLOSED WITH THIS REPORT.