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.
While engaged in fire fighting activities and preparing to fill the water bucket from a pond. The pilot stated that the aircraft began to settle. In preparation for an possible engine problem the pilot applied forward cyclic, and because the external load was submerged, caused the external load hook to contact the belly of the aircraft causing minor damage.
As the FAA filed it
WHILE ENGAGED IN FIRE FIGHTING ACTIVITIES AND PREPARING TO FILL THE WATER BUCKET FROM A POND. THE PILOT STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO SETTLE. IN PREPARATION FOR AN POSSIBLE ENGINE PROBLEM THE PILOT APPLIED FORWARD CYCLIC, AND BECAUSE THE EXTERNAL LOAD WAS SUBMERGED, CAUSED THE EXTERNAL LOAD HOOK TO CONTACT THE BELLY OF THE AIRCRAFT CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE.