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) Pilot departed from unfamiliar short runway and lost normal departure sequence - forgot to retract gear. Landed on lake next to runway with gear down - aircraft flipped over.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) PILOT DEPARTED FROM UNFAMILIAR SHORT RUNWAY AND LOST NORMAL DEPARTURE SEQUENCE - FORGOT TO RETRACT GEAR. LANDED ON LAKE NEXT TO RUNWAY WITH GEAR DOWN - AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER.
Other reports on N171RS · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.