What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Seaplane struck a moored barge while taxiing.
As the FAA filed it
SEAPLANE STRUCK A MOORED BARGE WHILE TAXIING.
FAA incident report · Piper PA18 · Seward Harbor, AK · May 2, 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.
Seaplane struck a moored barge while taxiing.
SEAPLANE STRUCK A MOORED BARGE WHILE TAXIING.