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.
Nose gear collapsed during taxi. Roll pin on nose gear torque tube casting was missing; gear could not lock down.
As the FAA filed it
NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED DURING TAXI. ROLL PIN ON NOSE GEAR TORQUE TUBE CASTING WAS MISSING; GEAR COULD NOT LOCK DOWN.
Other reports on N6542R · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.