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.
A night helicopter air ambulance flight experienced a bird strike. There was minor damage to a main rotor blade, the empanage/vertical stabilizer and a tail rotor blade. No injuries were sustanined and the pilot returned to his base uneventfully.
As the FAA filed it
A NIGHT HELICOPTER AIR AMBULANCE FLIGHT EXPERIENCED A BIRD STRIKE. THERE WAS MINOR DAMAGE TO A MAIN ROTOR BLADE, THE EMPANAGE/VERTICAL STABILIZER AND A TAIL ROTOR BLADE. NO INJURIES WERE SUSTANINED AND THE PILOT RETURNED TO HIS BASE UNEVENTFULLY.
Other reports on N853MB · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.