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: pilot was taxiing off edge of runway when aircraft struck REIL light. Grass was approx. 12 inches taller than REIL light and had not been mowed. Pilot was operating in a safe manner but due to tall grass could not see REIL near edge of runway in tail wheel aircraft. Pilot counseled by inspector elliott.
As the FAA filed it
NARRATIVE: PILOT WAS TAXIING OFF EDGE OF RUNWAY WHEN AIRCRAFT STRUCK REIL LIGHT. GRASS WAS APPROX. 12 INCHES TALLER THAN REIL LIGHT AND HAD NOT BEEN MOWED. PILOT WAS OPERATING IN A SAFE MANNER BUT DUE TO TALL GRASS COULD NOT SEE REIL NEAR EDGE OF RUNWAY IN TAIL WHEEL AIRCRAFT. PILOT COUNSELED BY INSPECTOR ELLIOTT.