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.
Flight aborted due to fuel seeping from wing. Fuel load was then balanced, seeping stopped.
As the FAA filed it
FLIGHT ABORTED DUE TO FUEL SEEPING FROM WING. FUEL LOAD WAS THEN BALANCED, SEEPING STOPPED.
Other reports on N489DA · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.