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.
Narrative: student watson was practicing touch and go landings. On his third landing he hit hard on the nose gear and made a go-around. The nose wheel separated from the aircraft. Subsequent landing.
As the FAA filed it
NARRATIVE: STUDENT WATSON WAS PRACTICING TOUCH AND GO LANDINGS. ON HIS THIRD LANDING HE HIT HARD ON THE NOSE GEAR AND MADE A GO-AROUND. THE NOSE WHEEL SEPARATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT. SUBSEQUENT LANDING.
Other reports on N4717X · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.