What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Stabilized hover-pedal input to the right-left pedal did not have any effect, continued to turn violently to the right-pilot became scared and put aircraft down- he did not close the throttle, pull mixture. Damage to aircraft: mainrotor blades cracked at roots, tailboom cracked at fuselage attach point to the right and up, skids spread to the right, tailrotor departed the tailrotor gear box, tailrotor blades departed the tailrotor trunion, all damage to the right of the aircraft.
As the FAA filed it
STABILIZED HOVER-PEDAL INPUT TO THE RIGHT-LEFT PEDAL DID NOT HAVE ANY EFFECT, CONTINUED TO TURN VIOLENTLY TO THE RIGHT-PILOT BECAME SCARED AND PUT AIRCRAFT DOWN- HE DID NOT CLOSE THE THROTTLE, PULL MIXTURE. DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT: MAINROTOR BLADES CRACKED AT ROOTS, TAILBOOM CRACKED AT FUSELAGE ATTACH POINT TO THE RIGHT AND UP, SKIDS SPREAD TO THE RIGHT, TAILROTOR DEPARTED THE TAILROTOR GEAR BOX, TAILROTOR BLADES DEPARTED THE TAILROTOR TRUNION, ALL DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT OF THE AIRCRAFT.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.