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: aircraft at gate D-16 upon aircraft push back, aircraft did not move, tow bar broke, tow bar hit nose gear over center link. Nose gear started to retract, aircraft settled on towbar and nose tires and nose gear doors.
As the FAA filed it
NARRATIVE: AIRCRAFT AT GATE D-16 UPON AIRCRAFT PUSH BACK, AIRCRAFT DID NOT MOVE, TOW BAR BROKE, TOW BAR HIT NOSE GEAR OVER CENTER LINK. NOSE GEAR STARTED TO RETRACT, AIRCRAFT SETTLED ON TOWBAR AND NOSE TIRES AND NOSE GEAR DOORS.
Other reports on N70542 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.