What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
While lifting off to a hover, the aircraft began a rotation counter-clockwise. Following several rotations, the pilot lowered the aircraft to hover height, retarded the throttle and performed a hovering autorotation. The aircraft was drifting to the right and contacted the ground right-front skid first, coming to rest in an upright attitude. There was slight bending to the forward one third of the right skid. There were no injuries, no post crash fire and no fuel spillage.
As the FAA filed it
WHILE LIFTING OFF TO A HOVER, THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN A ROTATION COUNTER-CLOCKWISE. FOLLOWING SEVERAL ROTATIONS, THE PILOT LOWERED THE AIRCRAFT TO HOVER HEIGHT, RETARDED THE THROTTLE AND PERFORMED A HOVERING AUTOROTATION. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DRIFTING TO THE RIGHT AND CONTACTED THE GROUND RIGHT-FRONT SKID FIRST, COMING TO REST IN AN UPRIGHT ATTITUDE. THERE WAS SLIGHT BENDING TO THE FORWARD ONE THIRD OF THE RIGHT SKID. THERE WERE NO INJURIES, NO POST CRASH FIRE AND NO FUEL SPILLAGE.
NTSB investigation
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