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 and aircraft are currently on an extended trip and communication will not be possible until mid June. NTSB investigator clint johnson reports that a forest service pilot investigating an ELT reported an aircraft episode down on a remote landing area near lake clark, Alaska. This information was transmitted to FAA and NTSB. Subsequent investigation revealed that the aircraft was not upside down or damaged but the ELT had been activated - either during landing or while unloading cargo. NTSB has not classified this event.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) THE PILOT AND AIRCRAFT ARE CURRENTLY ON AN EXTENDED TRIP AND COMMUNICATION WILL NOT BE POSSIBLE UNTIL MID JUNE. NTSB INVESTIGATOR CLINT JOHNSON REPORTS THAT A FOREST SERVICE PILOT INVESTIGATING AN ELT REPORTED AN AIRCRAFT EPISODE DOWN ON A REMOTE LANDING AREA NEAR LAKE CLARK, ALASKA. THIS INFORMATION WAS TRANSMITTED TO FAA AND NTSB. SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT UPSIDE DOWN OR DAMAGED BUT THE ELT HAD BEEN ACTIVATED - EITHER DURING LANDING OR WHILE UNLOADING CARGO. NTSB HAS NOT CLASSIFIED THIS EVENT.
Other reports on N723C · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.