What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
According to the pilot's statement, he departed from his home in carmi, IL and flew to his lake house on Kentucky lake initially landed aircraft without incident. He stated he approached off the lake on a northeast heading toward the landing pad which was located in the backyard of the lake house. He decided to better position the aircraft to a flatter area, raised the collected to take the weight off the helicopter. Helicopter began to slide backwards at which time the pilot indicated the aft end of the right tube dug into the ground causing dynamic roll over conditions. The tail rotor struck the ground then causing the helicopter to roll left impacting the main rotors in the ground. Helicopter came to rest upside down. Pilot was removed from aircraft by a friend already on the ground and was taken to the hospital for evaluation and released within 24 hours. Pilot stated maintenance and weather were not a factor in flight or during landing. There was no post impact fire or damage to property.
As the FAA filed it
ACCORDING TO THE PILOT'S STATEMENT, HE DEPARTED FROM HIS HOME IN CARMI, IL AND FLEW TO HIS LAKE HOUSE ON KENTUCKY LAKE INITIALLY LANDED AIRCRAFT WITHOUT INCIDENT. HE STATED HE APPROACHED OFF THE LAKE ON A NORTHEAST HEADING TOWARD THE LANDING PAD WHICH WAS LOCATED IN THE BACKYARD OF THE LAKE HOUSE. HE DECIDED TO BETTER POSITION THE AIRCRAFT TO A FLATTER AREA, RAISED THE COLLECTED TO TAKE THE WEIGHT OFF THE HELICOPTER. HELICOPTER BEGAN TO SLIDE BACKWARDS AT WHICH TIME THE PILOT INDICATED THE AFT END OF THE RIGHT TUBE DUG INTO THE GROUND CAUSING DYNAMIC ROLL OVER CONDITIONS. THE TAIL ROTOR STRUCK THE GROUND THEN CAUSING THE HELICOPTER TO ROLL LEFT IMPACTING THE MAIN ROTORS IN THE GROUND. HELICOPTER CAME TO REST UPSIDE DOWN. PILOT WAS REMOVED FROM AIRCRAFT BY A FRIEND ALREADY ON THE GROUND AND WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL FOR EVALUATION AND RELEASED WITHIN 24 HOURS. PILOT STATED MAINTENANCE AND WEATHER WERE NOT A FACTOR IN FLIGHT OR DURING LANDING. THERE WAS NO POST IMPACT FIRE OR DAMAGE TO PROPERTY.
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