What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
The accident occurred on July 01, 2022, at East Troy Airport (57C). N882NY, a Bell B206 helicopter, lost power during an attempted landing on a fuel bowser truck. The helicopter passed over the bowser and impacted the ground right side nose down and came to rest in an upright position. The helicopter suffered substantial damage to the landing gear skids, main rotor and tail rotor drive shaft. The commercial pilot was not inured. The flight was operating under 14 CFR part 91. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time.
As the FAA filed it
THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED ON JULY 01, 2022, AT EAST TROY AIRPORT (57C). N882NY, A BELL B206 HELICOPTER, LOST POWER DURING AN ATTEMPTED LANDING ON A FUEL BOWSER TRUCK. THE HELICOPTER PASSED OVER THE BOWSER AND IMPACTED THE GROUND RIGHT SIDE NOSE DOWN AND CAME TO REST IN AN UPRIGHT POSITION. THE HELICOPTER SUFFERED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE LANDING GEAR SKIDS, MAIN ROTOR AND TAIL ROTOR DRIVE SHAFT. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT WAS NOT INURED. THE FLIGHT WAS OPERATING UNDER 14 CFR PART 91. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.