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 captain pilot privacy data omitted stated "upon taxi out the airplane hit the de-icer truck boom." The pilots were advised on company radio frequency that the de-ice truck appeared to be clear. The taxi operation was started without a marshaller or wing walker.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) THE CAPTAIN PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED "UPON TAXI OUT THE AIRPLANE HIT THE DE-ICER TRUCK BOOM." THE PILOTS WERE ADVISED ON COMPANY RADIO FREQUENCY THAT THE DE-ICE TRUCK APPEARED TO BE CLEAR. THE TAXI OPERATION WAS STARTED WITHOUT A MARSHALLER OR WING WALKER.
Other reports on N979SW · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.