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: the pilot had trouble getting his banner to tow properly. After landing on the narrow strip the right main gear slipped into a drainage ditch causing minor damage.
As the FAA filed it
NARRATIVE: THE PILOT HAD TROUBLE GETTING HIS BANNER TO TOW PROPERLY. AFTER LANDING ON THE NARROW STRIP THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR SLIPPED INTO A DRAINAGE DITCH CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE.
Other reports on N3977P · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.