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) On January 14, 2004 at 1730 local time EST, a zenith ch 2000, N23ZA, on landing runway 7 at the Beaufort County Airport, Beaufort, SC (73J) veered to the left, went off the runway. The nose gear struck the mud in a ditch and collapsed. The student pilot the sole occupant was not injured. The weather was: wind calm (<5 KTS), visibility clear, temperature 15 degrees c.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) ON JANUARY 14, 2004 AT 1730 LOCAL TIME EST, A ZENITH CH 2000, N23ZA, ON LANDING RUNWAY 7 AT THE BEAUFORT COUNTY AIRPORT, BEAUFORT, SC (73J) VEERED TO THE LEFT, WENT OFF THE RUNWAY. THE NOSE GEAR STRUCK THE MUD IN A DITCH AND COLLAPSED. THE STUDENT PILOT THE SOLE OCCUPANT WAS NOT INJURED. THE WEATHER WAS: WIND CALM (<5 KTS), VISIBILITY CLEAR, TEMPERATURE 15 DEGREES C.