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.
Pilot landed on scene to air evacuate injured patient while using nvg's. upon departure hover, pilot turn rotorcraft north. Aircraft tail rotor struck tree limbs on climb out. Pilot was notified by ground crew of the strike and landed the rotorcraft safely approximately 400 yards away in an open field.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT LANDED ON SCENE TO AIR EVACUATE INJURED PATIENT WHILE USING NVG'S. UPON DEPARTURE HOVER, PILOT TURN ROTORCRAFT NORTH. AIRCRAFT TAIL ROTOR STRUCK TREE LIMBS ON CLIMB OUT. PILOT WAS NOTIFIED BY GROUND CREW OF THE STRIKE AND LANDED THE ROTORCRAFT SAFELY APPROXIMATELY 400 YARDS AWAY IN AN OPEN FIELD.
Other reports on N258AE · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.