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: at approximately 1100 PDT on April 15, 1997, airman ring was attempting to taxi his aircraft to an aviation business unknown to him on the field. After several taxiing directional changes david ring's aircraft collided into concrete posts that protected a fire hydrant in an uncontrolled area on the field.
As the FAA filed it
NARRATIVE: AT APPROXIMATELY 1100 PDT ON APRIL 15, 1997, AIRMAN RING WAS ATTEMPTING TO TAXI HIS AIRCRAFT TO AN AVIATION BUSINESS UNKNOWN TO HIM ON THE FIELD. AFTER SEVERAL TAXIING DIRECTIONAL CHANGES DAVID RING'S AIRCRAFT COLLIDED INTO CONCRETE POSTS THAT PROTECTED A FIRE HYDRANT IN AN UNCONTROLLED AREA ON THE FIELD.