What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
The student pilot on a solo flight was practicing a normal approach to a pinnacle landing. The approach was terminated into a hover taxi over an elevated dirt road. The pilot experienced a loss of heading and anti-torque control during the initiation of a take off. The aircraft drifted over and descended along a sloped embankment. The tailrotor contacted the embankment resulting in loss of anti-torque control. The pilot closed the throttle and entered a hover autorotation. The aircraft came to a rest upright on a sloped embankment. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The pilot was uninjured. No post crash fire was reported.
As the FAA filed it
THE STUDENT PILOT ON A SOLO FLIGHT WAS PRACTICING A NORMAL APPROACH TO A PINNACLE LANDING. THE APPROACH WAS TERMINATED INTO A HOVER TAXI OVER AN ELEVATED DIRT ROAD. THE PILOT EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF HEADING AND ANTI-TORQUE CONTROL DURING THE INITIATION OF A TAKE OFF. THE AIRCRAFT DRIFTED OVER AND DESCENDED ALONG A SLOPED EMBANKMENT. THE TAILROTOR CONTACTED THE EMBANKMENT RESULTING IN LOSS OF ANTI-TORQUE CONTROL. THE PILOT CLOSED THE THROTTLE AND ENTERED A HOVER AUTOROTATION. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO A REST UPRIGHT ON A SLOPED EMBANKMENT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. THE PILOT WAS UNINJURED. NO POST CRASH FIRE WAS REPORTED.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.