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.
*Note - date hired block unavailable. Date hired is 09/20/2010*N222RX, a Bell 222-UT, s/n 47561, had a rotor blade end cap top strike with an unknown object (possibly a bird) during a flight originating from and returning to Santa Maria, CA, with a stop in las colinas, CA, on 11/20/2012 at approximately 1840 PDT. Exact location and time of the blade cap strike is unknown. The damage was discovered during a crew change preflight on 11/21/2012.
As the FAA filed it
*NOTE - DATE HIRED BLOCK UNAVAILABLE. DATE HIRED IS 09/20/2010*N222RX, A BELL 222-UT, S/N 47561, HAD A ROTOR BLADE END CAP TOP STRIKE WITH AN UNKNOWN OBJECT (POSSIBLY A BIRD) DURING A FLIGHT ORIGINATING FROM AND RETURNING TO SANTA MARIA, CA, WITH A STOP IN LAS COLINAS, CA, ON 11/20/2012 AT APPROXIMATELY 1840 PDT. EXACT LOCATION AND TIME OF THE BLADE CAP STRIKE IS UNKNOWN. THE DAMAGE WAS DISCOVERED DURING A CREW CHANGE PREFLIGHT ON 11/21/2012.