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.
The pilot noticed an abnormal vibration in the aircraft. On landing an examination of the main rotor blade revealed a 4.5 inch crack measured from the trailing edge in both the upper and lower blade skins at blade station 91. The blade serial number is U088. This report has been amended with the pilots flight hours.
As the FAA filed it
THE PILOT NOTICED AN ABNORMAL VIBRATION IN THE AIRCRAFT. ON LANDING AN EXAMINATION OF THE MAIN ROTOR BLADE REVEALED A 4.5 INCH CRACK MEASURED FROM THE TRAILING EDGE IN BOTH THE UPPER AND LOWER BLADE SKINS AT BLADE STATION 91. THE BLADE SERIAL NUMBER IS U088. THIS REPORT HAS BEEN AMENDED WITH THE PILOTS FLIGHT HOURS.
Other reports on N745BW · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.