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: Mr. Smith departed bvy and stayed in the traffic pattern practicing take off and landings. On the last landing Mr. Steve smith lost control of the aircraft and ground looped it into a snowbank. No injury to pilot and sole occupant of aircraft and very minor damage to cowling on aircraft & pitot tube.
As the FAA filed it
NARRATIVE: MR. SMITH DEPARTED BVY AND STAYED IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN PRACTICING TAKE OFF AND LANDINGS. ON THE LAST LANDING MR. STEVE SMITH LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND GROUND LOOPED IT INTO A SNOWBANK. NO INJURY TO PILOT AND SOLE OCCUPANT OF AIRCRAFT AND VERY MINOR DAMAGE TO COWLING ON AIRCRAFT & PITOT TUBE.
Other reports on N2496X · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.