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.
(-5)Pilot landed at uncontrolled field at night. Pilot could not turn on runway lights. Airplane struck VASI lights. Minor damage to aircraft.
As the FAA filed it
(-5)PILOT LANDED AT UNCONTROLLED FIELD AT NIGHT. PILOT COULD NOT TURN ON RUNWAY LIGHTS. AIRPLANE STRUCK VASI LIGHTS. MINOR DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT.
Other reports on N4859K · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.