FAA incident report · Piper PA-28-180 · Indianapolis, IN · December 18, 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.
Wind gust caused student to lose directional control of aircraft before and during touchdown.
WIND GUST CAUSED STUDENT TO LOSE DIRECTIONAL CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT BEFORE AND DURING TOUCHDOWN.