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.
Public use aircraft performing coastline water patrol at approximately 100 feet when a wave rebounded off the cliff face into subject helicopter. Left side upper and lower wndishields damaged and water entered aircraft. Aircraft was flown back to base at hnl.
As the FAA filed it
PUBLIC USE AIRCRAFT PERFORMING COASTLINE WATER PATROL AT APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET WHEN A WAVE REBOUNDED OFF THE CLIFF FACE INTO SUBJECT HELICOPTER. LEFT SIDE UPPER AND LOWER WNDISHIELDS DAMAGED AND WATER ENTERED AIRCRAFT. AIRCRAFT WAS FLOWN BACK TO BASE AT HNL.