What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
On 3/22/99, a BE-400-A aircraft, N3196N, owned by the first security bank na trustee of salt lake city, operated by the university of north dakota at Grand Forks, and flown by david g. vangsnes sustained minor damage to the ventral fin. The damage was descovered during a post flight walk around inspection and was reported to Mr. Vangsnes by one of the two students that had been receiving instruction in the aircraft. Compression buckling to the fin was evident with two 1" tears on both sides. An interview with the pilot determined that one probable damage scenerio occurred during a no flap approach when the stick shaker was activated prior to touchdown. No damage was suspected however and the flight continued without further incident. Counseling was conducted which included imput from al palmer, director of flight traning at und, for closer monitoring airspeeds, sink rates and pitch attitudes with emphasis on earlier detection and go-arounds.
As the FAA filed it
ON 3/22/99, A BE-400-A AIRCRAFT, N3196N, OWNED BY THE FIRST SECURITY BANK NA TRUSTEE OF SALT LAKE CITY, OPERATED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA AT GRAND FORKS, AND FLOWN BY DAVID G. VANGSNES SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE VENTRAL FIN. THE DAMAGE WAS DESCOVERED DURING A POST FLIGHT WALK AROUND INSPECTION AND WAS REPORTED TO MR. VANGSNES BY ONE OF THE TWO STUDENTS THAT HAD BEEN RECEIVING INSTRUCTION IN THE AIRCRAFT. COMPRESSION BUCKLING TO THE FIN WAS EVIDENT WITH TWO 1" TEARS ON BOTH SIDES. AN INTERVIEW WITH THE PILOT DETERMINED THAT ONE PROBABLE DAMAGE SCENERIO OCCURRED DURING A NO FLAP APPROACH WHEN THE STICK SHAKER WAS ACTIVATED PRIOR TO TOUCHDOWN. NO DAMAGE WAS SUSPECTED HOWEVER AND THE FLIGHT CONTINUED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. COUNSELING WAS CONDUCTED WHICH INCLUDED IMPUT FROM AL PALMER, DIRECTOR OF FLIGHT TRANING AT UND, FOR CLOSER MONITORING AIRSPEEDS, SINK RATES AND PITCH ATTITUDES WITH EMPHASIS ON EARLIER DETECTION AND GO-AROUNDS.