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.
On 12/02/2014 at approximately 2015 MST, N108LN an Airbus helicopter AS-350-B3 sustained minor damage to the tail rotor blades after making contact with an 8 foot sapling during confined area operations. The two crew members were not injured. Weather at the time was VMC.
As the FAA filed it
ON 12/02/2014 AT APPROXIMATELY 2015 MST, N108LN AN AIRBUS HELICOPTER AS-350-B3 SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE TAIL ROTOR BLADES AFTER MAKING CONTACT WITH AN 8 FOOT SAPLING DURING CONFINED AREA OPERATIONS. THE TWO CREW MEMBERS WERE NOT INJURED. WEATHER AT THE TIME WAS VMC.
Other reports on N108LN · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.