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: a "wheel landing" was performed by student. As tailwheel touched the runway, aircraft turned sharply left, departed runway, struck snowbank, tipped over. A/w inspector charles ebert found on 2/14/97 that tailwheel rigging allowed tailwheel to unlock well before max rudder deflections privacy data omitted PIC counseled.
As the FAA filed it
NARRATIVE: A "WHEEL LANDING" WAS PERFORMED BY STUDENT. AS TAILWHEEL TOUCHED THE RUNWAY, AIRCRAFT TURNED SHARPLY LEFT, DEPARTED RUNWAY, STRUCK SNOWBANK, TIPPED OVER. A/W INSPECTOR CHARLES EBERT FOUND ON 2/14/97 THAT TAILWHEEL RIGGING ALLOWED TAILWHEEL TO UNLOCK WELL BEFORE MAX RUDDER DEFLECTIONS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PIC COUNSELED.
Other reports on N392SB · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.