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 23, 2004 at 1520Z, a Piper PA-28, N8234P, registered to beaver aviation south, collided with the VASI lights on runway 5 at Page Field, fort Myers, Florida, while a student pilot was starting a solo cross country flight. The aircraft had minor damage the student pilot was not injured.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) ON JANUARY 23, 2004 AT 1520Z, A PIPER PA-28, N8234P, REGISTERED TO BEAVER AVIATION SOUTH, COLLIDED WITH THE VASI LIGHTS ON RUNWAY 5 AT PAGE FIELD, FORT MYERS, FLORIDA, WHILE A STUDENT PILOT WAS STARTING A SOLO CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT HAD MINOR DAMAGE THE STUDENT PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.