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: pilot was conducting straight in autorotation to an asphalt taxi way. He flared aircraft between 50 to 35 feet, pulled initial pitch at approximately 10 feet at the apex of the flare. Aircraft began to sink. At approximately 5 feet, pilot continued pitch pull. Rotor decayed and aircraft landed hard. Excessive flapping developed which damaged tailboom.
As the FAA filed it
NARRATIVE: PILOT WAS CONDUCTING STRAIGHT IN AUTOROTATION TO AN ASPHALT TAXI WAY. HE FLARED AIRCRAFT BETWEEN 50 TO 35 FEET, PULLED INITIAL PITCH AT APPROXIMATELY 10 FEET AT THE APEX OF THE FLARE. AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO SINK. AT APPROXIMATELY 5 FEET, PILOT CONTINUED PITCH PULL. ROTOR DECAYED AND AIRCRAFT LANDED HARD. EXCESSIVE FLAPPING DEVELOPED WHICH DAMAGED TAILBOOM.