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.
(-5)The pilot failed to maintain proper rotor clearance from a stationary object while in a hover. The main rotor blades struck the main rotor blade of a parked Bell, model 206 L-1, helicopter. The pilot was terminated by the company.
As the FAA filed it
(-5)THE PILOT FAILED TO MAINTAIN PROPER ROTOR CLEARANCE FROM A STATIONARY OBJECT WHILE IN A HOVER. THE MAIN ROTOR BLADES STRUCK THE MAIN ROTOR BLADE OF A PARKED BELL, MODEL 206 L-1, HELICOPTER. THE PILOT WAS TERMINATED BY THE COMPANY.