What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
The airman departed an agricultural field site after servicing the aircraft with chemicals for aerial application. While flying away the airman noted that the externally mounted gasoline engine used to power the spray equipment had stalled. He returned to the same field site to land and correct the problem. While attempting to terminate the approach to the ground the aircrafts main rotor blades struck the landing pad structure on the agricultural support vehicle parked nearby. This impact caused substantial damage to the aircraft when the main rotor blades were compromised structurally and cut off the aircrafts tail boom and caused additional damage to the aircrafts fuselage. No injuries were reported to the pilot or persons on the ground in the vicinity of this site.
As the FAA filed it
THE AIRMAN DEPARTED AN AGRICULTURAL FIELD SITE AFTER SERVICING THE AIRCRAFT WITH CHEMICALS FOR AERIAL APPLICATION. WHILE FLYING AWAY THE AIRMAN NOTED THAT THE EXTERNALLY MOUNTED GASOLINE ENGINE USED TO POWER THE SPRAY EQUIPMENT HAD STALLED. HE RETURNED TO THE SAME FIELD SITE TO LAND AND CORRECT THE PROBLEM. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO TERMINATE THE APPROACH TO THE GROUND THE AIRCRAFTS MAIN ROTOR BLADES STRUCK THE LANDING PAD STRUCTURE ON THE AGRICULTURAL SUPPORT VEHICLE PARKED NEARBY. THIS IMPACT CAUSED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT WHEN THE MAIN ROTOR BLADES WERE COMPROMISED STRUCTURALLY AND CUT OFF THE AIRCRAFTS TAIL BOOM AND CAUSED ADDITIONAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFTS FUSELAGE. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED TO THE PILOT OR PERSONS ON THE GROUND IN THE VICINITY OF THIS SITE.
NTSB investigation
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