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.
On 01/17/2009 NC87881 a us registered aircraft struck the newly installed precision approach path indicator (PAPI) when attempting to land on the grass to the right of the active runway.
As the FAA filed it
ON 01/17/2009 NC87881 A US REGISTERED AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE NEWLY INSTALLED PRECISION APPROACH PATH INDICATOR (PAPI) WHEN ATTEMPTING TO LAND ON THE GRASS TO THE RIGHT OF THE ACTIVE RUNWAY.