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 aircraft stuck a tree while drying cherries. Once the pilot determined that an obstacle had been impacted the pilot immediately landed the helicopter. The pilot inspected the blades and determined that an impact had occurred. The pilot failed to maintain both horizontal and vertical clearance from an obstacle (tree).
As the FAA filed it
THE AIRCRAFT STUCK A TREE WHILE DRYING CHERRIES. ONCE THE PILOT DETERMINED THAT AN OBSTACLE HAD BEEN IMPACTED THE PILOT IMMEDIATELY LANDED THE HELICOPTER. THE PILOT INSPECTED THE BLADES AND DETERMINED THAT AN IMPACT HAD OCCURRED. THE PILOT FAILED TO MAINTAIN BOTH HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL CLEARANCE FROM AN OBSTACLE (TREE).