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 landing the student overcorrected with the rudder. Paul mclaughlin tried to keep the aircraft under control. He reduced power to idle and let the aircraft roll off the runway. It went into a ditch at an angle and as they approached the up slope of the ditch the leftmain gear collapsed.
As the FAA filed it
NARRATIVE: ON LANDING THE STUDENT OVERCORRECTED WITH THE RUDDER. PAUL MCLAUGHLIN TRIED TO KEEP THE AIRCRAFT UNDER CONTROL. HE REDUCED POWER TO IDLE AND LET THE AIRCRAFT ROLL OFF THE RUNWAY. IT WENT INTO A DITCH AT AN ANGLE AND AS THEY APPROACHED THE UP SLOPE OF THE DITCH THE LEFTMAIN GEAR COLLAPSED.
Other reports on N4462E · 5
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.