FAA incident report · Piper PA-32R-300 · Jamestown, ND · December 30, 1981
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.
En route top engine cowl #68780 04 split in two, richt half broke out part of windshield.
EN ROUTE TOP ENGINE COWL #68780 04 SPLIT IN TWO, RICHT HALF BROKE OUT PART OF WINDSHIELD.