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: aircraft was working a field defoliating cotton. The aircraft went to idle RPM and power was lost. Pilot landed in cotton field resulting in collapse of right landing gear. Throttle control lever worn at attachment to carburetor.
As the FAA filed it
NARRATIVE: AIRCRAFT WAS WORKING A FIELD DEFOLIATING COTTON. THE AIRCRAFT WENT TO IDLE RPM AND POWER WAS LOST. PILOT LANDED IN COTTON FIELD RESULTING IN COLLAPSE OF RIGHT LANDING GEAR. THROTTLE CONTROL LEVER WORN AT ATTACHMENT TO CARBURETOR.
Other reports on N8438V · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.