FAA incident report · Conaer LA-4 · Dillon, MT · June 25, 1978
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.
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Airplane touched down in a drift, collapsing the main strut (left) that touched down first.
AIRPLANE TOUCHED DOWN IN A DRIFT, COLLAPSING THE MAIN STRUT (LEFT) THAT TOUCHED DOWN FIRST.