What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
(-23) On June 27, 2007, at approximately 1150 EDT, N12FR, a Boeing/stearman A-75N1 conventional gear biplane with an instructor pilot (ip) and trainee aboard was performing a "wheel landing" planned to a full stop on rnwy 18 at the Clark county regional airport (kjvy) in sellersburg, IN, when the aircraft began drifting to the right after touching down on the runway. The trainee was manipulating the controls and the ip sensed the drift and took control of the aircraft. The aircraft continued the right drift despite the efforts of the ip to correct the situation and in the ensuing "ground loop" the lower left wing and aileron scraped along the runway and the aircraft exited the runway into the grass. The ip returned the aircraft to the taxiway and stopped. The trainee and ip exited the aircraft to assess the damage and found abrasion to the lower surface of the bottom left wing and aileron. Both pilots determined the damage to the aircraft to be minor in nature and elected to return the aircraft to its home base of bowman field (klou), IN louisville, KY, which was also the original departure point of the training flight. The trainee remained at klou and the aircraft was subsequently flown by the ip and the owner to madison municipal airport (kims) in madison, IN for a damage inspection by the aircraft mechanic who had done the original restoration of N12FR. The mechanic reported to the owner that he had discovered cracks in the wooden rear spar of the left wing. This event was initially identified as an accident based on information available at the time of the preliminary report. A subsequent inspection of the aircraft on 7/17/07 by airworthiness inspectors from the indianapolis FSDO GL-11 and Kentucky FSDO SO01 revealed damage to a FAR lesser extent than initially reported. Accordingly, the event has been downgraded to an incident based on these inspector's findings. Appropriate notification was made to the NTSB iic on 7/23/07.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) ON JUNE 27, 2007, AT APPROXIMATELY 1150 EDT, N12FR, A BOEING/STEARMAN A-75N1 CONVENTIONAL GEAR BIPLANE WITH AN INSTRUCTOR PILOT (IP) AND TRAINEE ABOARD WAS PERFORMING A "WHEEL LANDING" PLANNED TO A FULL STOP ON RNWY 18 AT THE CLARK COUNTY REGIONAL AIRPORT (KJVY) IN SELLERSBURG, IN, WHEN THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN DRIFTING TO THE RIGHT AFTER TOUCHING DOWN ON THE RUNWAY. THE TRAINEE WAS MANIPULATING THE CONTROLS AND THE IP SENSED THE DRIFT AND TOOK CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED THE RIGHT DRIFT DESPITE THE EFFORTS OF THE IP TO CORRECT THE SITUATION AND IN THE ENSUING "GROUND LOOP" THE LOWER LEFT WING AND AILERON SCRAPED ALONG THE RUNWAY AND THE AIRCRAFT EXITED THE RUNWAY INTO THE GRASS. THE IP RETURNED THE AIRCRAFT TO THE TAXIWAY AND STOPPED. THE TRAINEE AND IP EXITED THE AIRCRAFT TO ASSESS THE DAMAGE AND FOUND ABRASION TO THE LOWER SURFACE OF THE BOTTOM LEFT WING AND AILERON. BOTH PILOTS DETERMINED THE DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT TO BE MINOR IN NATURE AND ELECTED TO RETURN THE AIRCRAFT TO ITS HOME BASE OF BOWMAN FIELD (KLOU), IN LOUISVILLE, KY, WHICH WAS ALSO THE ORIGINAL DEPARTURE POINT OF THE TRAINING FLIGHT. THE TRAINEE REMAINED AT KLOU AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSEQUENTLY FLOWN BY THE IP AND THE OWNER TO MADISON MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (KIMS) IN MADISON, IN FOR A DAMAGE INSPECTION BY THE AIRCRAFT MECHANIC WHO HAD DONE THE ORIGINAL RESTORATION OF N12FR. THE MECHANIC REPORTED TO THE OWNER THAT HE HAD DISCOVERED CRACKS IN THE WOODEN REAR SPAR OF THE LEFT WING. THIS EVENT WAS INITIALLY IDENTIFIED AS AN ACCIDENT BASED ON INFORMATION AVAILABLE AT THE TIME OF THE PRELIMINARY REPORT. A SUBSEQUENT INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT ON 7/17/07 BY AIRWORTHINESS INSPECTORS FROM THE INDIANAPOLIS FSDO GL-11 AND KENTUCKY FSDO SO01 REVEALED DAMAGE TO A FAR LESSER EXTENT THAN INITIALLY REPORTED. ACCORDINGLY, THE EVENT HAS BEEN DOWNGRADED TO AN INCIDENT BASED ON THESE INSPECTOR'S FINDINGS. APPROPRIATE NOTIFICATION WAS MADE TO THE NTSB IIC ON 7/23/07.