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: on approach to London Heathrow Airport experienced a lightning strike to the vertical stabilizer on aircraft N160UA, VOR antenna was damaged and the fiberglass vertical stabilizer cap, no other damage noted. Replaced above units and all systems checked o.k. this report submitted by lhrmm jim lambert.
As the FAA filed it
NARRATIVE: ON APPROACH TO LONDON HEATHROW AIRPORT EXPERIENCED A LIGHTNING STRIKE TO THE VERTICAL STABILIZER ON AIRCRAFT N160UA, VOR ANTENNA WAS DAMAGED AND THE FIBERGLASS VERTICAL STABILIZER CAP, NO OTHER DAMAGE NOTED. REPLACED ABOVE UNITS AND ALL SYSTEMS CHECKED O.K. THIS REPORT SUBMITTED BY LHRMM JIM LAMBERT.