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.
Za demo engine out on takeoff, engine quit. Overshot downwind emergency landing. Exhaust carb heater muff broke.
As the FAA filed it
ZA DEMO ENGINE OUT ON TAKEOFF, ENGINE QUIT. OVERSHOT DOWNWIND EMERGENCY LANDING. EXHAUST CARB HEATER MUFF BROKE.
Other reports on N9685A · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.