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.
(-23) Aircraft was out of trim, 3 ft hover height, loss of control of cyclic after control exchange. Aircraft dipped forward and the rotor blades impacted the ground.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) AIRCRAFT WAS OUT OF TRIM, 3 FT HOVER HEIGHT, LOSS OF CONTROL OF CYCLIC AFTER CONTROL EXCHANGE. AIRCRAFT DIPPED FORWARD AND THE ROTOR BLADES IMPACTED THE GROUND.
Other reports on N1831A · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.