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) While taxiing, via the grass to the active runway at tara field (4A7) N5486T, a Cessna 172E struck the vertical stabilizer of N8624Y, a PA-30. N8624Y was parked and unoccupied. There were no injuries and damage to both airplane was minor.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) WHILE TAXIING, VIA THE GRASS TO THE ACTIVE RUNWAY AT TARA FIELD (4A7) N5486T, A CESSNA 172E STRUCK THE VERTICAL STABILIZER OF N8624Y, A PA-30. N8624Y WAS PARKED AND UNOCCUPIED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND DAMAGE TO BOTH AIRPLANE WAS MINOR.