FAA incident report · Bell HH-1H · Las Vegas, NV · May 18, 2012
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.
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Wind shifted during complex training flight causing rotor blade to come in contact with canyon wall.
WIND SHIFTED DURING COMPLEX TRAINING FLIGHT CAUSING ROTOR BLADE TO COME IN CONTACT WITH CANYON WALL.
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.