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.
(-23) Pilot departed key west inter. Airport on scheduled flight no.1212 at approx. 1215 hrs. LCL on an IFR flight plan for Naples muni airport. At 1225 hrs. The pilot reported the Naples airport in sight with ft. myers ATC and cancelled his IFR flight plan. At an altitude of 2000 feet and approx. 4 miles se of the Naples airport he heard a loud noise on impact, but was unable to determine the cause of observe any damage to a/c and continued to Naples airport and made an uneventful landing.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) PILOT DEPARTED KEY WEST INTER. AIRPORT ON SCHEDULED FLIGHT NO.1212 AT APPROX. 1215 HRS. LCL ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN FOR NAPLES MUNI AIRPORT. AT 1225 HRS. THE PILOT REPORTED THE NAPLES AIRPORT IN SIGHT WITH FT. MYERS ATC AND CANCELLED HIS IFR FLIGHT PLAN. AT AN ALTITUDE OF 2000 FEET AND APPROX. 4 MILES SE OF THE NAPLES AIRPORT HE HEARD A LOUD NOISE ON IMPACT, BUT WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF OBSERVE ANY DAMAGE TO A/C AND CONTINUED TO NAPLES AIRPORT AND MADE AN UNEVENTFUL LANDING.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.