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) The pilot (who is uncertificated and intoxicated) stole the aircraft for an undetermined reason. Taxied to the departure end of runway 11 at Merritt Island Airport, where he started the takeoff roll and lost control after traveling approximately 200 feet and ended up in a ditch along the left side of the runway.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) THE PILOT (WHO IS UNCERTIFICATED AND INTOXICATED) STOLE THE AIRCRAFT FOR AN UNDETERMINED REASON. TAXIED TO THE DEPARTURE END OF RUNWAY 11 AT MERRITT ISLAND AIRPORT, WHERE HE STARTED THE TAKEOFF ROLL AND LOST CONTROL AFTER TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET AND ENDED UP IN A DITCH ALONG THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY.