FAA incident report · Doug DC6 · Chicago, IL · January 25, 1979
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.
Taxiing to the run up area, snow packed and slippery. Struck waiting helicopter N4227.
TAXIING TO THE RUN UP AREA, SNOW PACKED AND SLIPPERY. STRUCK WAITING HELICOPTER N4227.
Each aircraft in a collision has its own report.