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) Aircraft was parked on ramp. While passengers were exiting the aircraft rolled backwards into a ditch. The aircraft was not chalked and the ramp was sloped. Once the aircraft started rolling there was no way to stop it from going down the embankment.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) AIRCRAFT WAS PARKED ON RAMP. WHILE PASSENGERS WERE EXITING THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED BACKWARDS INTO A DITCH. THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT CHALKED AND THE RAMP WAS SLOPED. ONCE THE AIRCRAFT STARTED ROLLING THERE WAS NO WAY TO STOP IT FROM GOING DOWN THE EMBANKMENT.
Other reports on N162GA · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.