What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
(-23) Helicopter student pilot (holding a fixed wing private pilot license) taking off from platform experienced abrupt right yaw upon pulling on collective. As aircraft became airborne, pilot attempted to compensate rotation with pedals but was unsuccessful. Pilot veered helicopter away from the platform and tried to land at the same time that reduced RPM to compensate for torque. Helicopter landed hard while spinning suffering dynamic roll-over breaking left-side landing skid tipping to its left and hitting both main and tail rotor blades into the ground. Pilot evacuated aircraft uninjured.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) HELICOPTER STUDENT PILOT (HOLDING A FIXED WING PRIVATE PILOT LICENSE) TAKING OFF FROM PLATFORM EXPERIENCED ABRUPT RIGHT YAW UPON PULLING ON COLLECTIVE. AS AIRCRAFT BECAME AIRBORNE, PILOT ATTEMPTED TO COMPENSATE ROTATION WITH PEDALS BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. PILOT VEERED HELICOPTER AWAY FROM THE PLATFORM AND TRIED TO LAND AT THE SAME TIME THAT REDUCED RPM TO COMPENSATE FOR TORQUE. HELICOPTER LANDED HARD WHILE SPINNING SUFFERING DYNAMIC ROLL-OVER BREAKING LEFT-SIDE LANDING SKID TIPPING TO ITS LEFT AND HITTING BOTH MAIN AND TAIL ROTOR BLADES INTO THE GROUND. PILOT EVACUATED AIRCRAFT UNINJURED.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.