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) Coming to a hover from a normal approach, student pilot allowed the helicopter to yaw left approximately 1 1/4 turns. Student pilot lowered the collective abruptly resulting in a hard landing causing damage to the left engine diagonal cross support.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) COMING TO A HOVER FROM A NORMAL APPROACH, STUDENT PILOT ALLOWED THE HELICOPTER TO YAW LEFT APPROXIMATELY 1 1/4 TURNS. STUDENT PILOT LOWERED THE COLLECTIVE ABRUPTLY RESULTING IN A HARD LANDING CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE LEFT ENGINE DIAGONAL CROSS SUPPORT.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.