FAA incident report · Hughes 369FF · Pogo Mine, AK · December 11, 1998
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.
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
(-5) While lifting to a hover the rotor wash removed a tarp. From the bed of a nearby pickup truck. The tarp went through the main rotor, damaging two blades.
(-5) WHILE LIFTING TO A HOVER THE ROTOR WASH REMOVED A TARP. FROM THE BED OF A NEARBY PICKUP TRUCK. THE TARP WENT THROUGH THE MAIN ROTOR, DAMAGING TWO BLADES.