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 November 1, 1996, at approximately 2154 EST a Piper PA-32 aircraft struck several runway edge lights causing damage to the aircrafts propeller and forcing the pilot to abort take-off. The pilot told the tower that he had lined up on the edge lights by mistake.
As the FAA filed it
NARRATIVE: ON NOVEMBER 1, 1996, AT APPROXIMATELY 2154 EST A PIPER PA-32 AIRCRAFT STRUCK SEVERAL RUNWAY EDGE LIGHTS CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFTS PROPELLER AND FORCING THE PILOT TO ABORT TAKE-OFF. THE PILOT TOLD THE TOWER THAT HE HAD LINED UP ON THE EDGE LIGHTS BY MISTAKE.