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.
After completing an approach for landing, while during hover, the pilot started to allow the aircraft to descend vertical to complete the landing. Pilot noticed a higher than normal sink rate and tried to make a corrrection, but the aircraft impacted the surface harder than normal.
As the FAA filed it
AFTER COMPLETING AN APPROACH FOR LANDING, WHILE DURING HOVER, THE PILOT STARTED TO ALLOW THE AIRCRAFT TO DESCEND VERTICAL TO COMPLETE THE LANDING. PILOT NOTICED A HIGHER THAN NORMAL SINK RATE AND TRIED TO MAKE A CORRRECTION, BUT THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE SURFACE HARDER THAN NORMAL.