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: rod end of the steering damper broke, affecting steering and rudder input. The pilot felt something wrong and aborted takeoff. While rolling out the aircraft ground looped with minimal damage to the right wing and horizontal stabilizer. M or d report sent 05-20-97.
As the FAA filed it
NARRATIVE: ROD END OF THE STEERING DAMPER BROKE, AFFECTING STEERING AND RUDDER INPUT. THE PILOT FELT SOMETHING WRONG AND ABORTED TAKEOFF. WHILE ROLLING OUT THE AIRCRAFT GROUND LOOPED WITH MINIMAL DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING AND HORIZONTAL STABILIZER. M OR D REPORT SENT 05-20-97.
Other reports on N6302V · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.