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: during take-off, pilot of Grumman cheetah noticed decaying airspeed at fifty feet above runway. Pilot elected to land aircraft at which time nose gear collapsed and damaged propeller. Following interview of pilot and witnesses, this appears to be a wind shear related incident. privacy data omitted
As the FAA filed it
NARRATIVE: DURING TAKE-OFF, PILOT OF GRUMMAN CHEETAH NOTICED DECAYING AIRSPEED AT FIFTY FEET ABOVE RUNWAY. PILOT ELECTED TO LAND AIRCRAFT AT WHICH TIME NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED AND DAMAGED PROPELLER. FOLLOWING INTERVIEW OF PILOT AND WITNESSES, THIS APPEARS TO BE A WIND SHEAR RELATED INCIDENT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^
Other reports on N26142 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.