FAA incident report · Piper PA-12 · King Salmon, AK · October 20, 1988
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.
Untied and hand propped aircraft. Started and ran into ditch. No person in cockpit. Damaged prop and landing gear.
UNTIED AND HAND PROPPED AIRCRAFT. STARTED AND RAN INTO DITCH. NO PERSON IN COCKPIT. DAMAGED PROP AND LANDING GEAR.