What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
(-23) While conducting a training flight for us customs/border patrol, the student was practicing normal approach to a hover and hydraulic-loss emergency scenarios. When the aircraft became too difficult to control the student turned over the controls to the flight instructor who also had difficulties with the controls which led to the aircraft going into a spin and hitting the ground and rolling over. Both pilots escaped without injuries other than a jammed finger.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) WHILE CONDUCTING A TRAINING FLIGHT FOR US CUSTOMS/BORDER PATROL, THE STUDENT WAS PRACTICING NORMAL APPROACH TO A HOVER AND HYDRAULIC-LOSS EMERGENCY SCENARIOS. WHEN THE AIRCRAFT BECAME TOO DIFFICULT TO CONTROL THE STUDENT TURNED OVER THE CONTROLS TO THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR WHO ALSO HAD DIFFICULTIES WITH THE CONTROLS WHICH LED TO THE AIRCRAFT GOING INTO A SPIN AND HITTING THE GROUND AND ROLLING OVER. BOTH PILOTS ESCAPED WITHOUT INJURIES OTHER THAN A JAMMED FINGER.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.