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) Airman taxied aircraft, N254A, into trailing edge of LH wing of parked Cessna 421, N52JV. Aircraft N254A sustained damage. Aircraft N52JV sustained substantial damage. Airman was fatally injured. Airman lost control of aircraft: cause of loss of control unknown, undeterminenable.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) AIRMAN TAXIED AIRCRAFT, N254A, INTO TRAILING EDGE OF LH WING OF PARKED CESSNA 421, N52JV. AIRCRAFT N254A SUSTAINED DAMAGE. AIRCRAFT N52JV SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. AIRMAN WAS FATALLY INJURED. AIRMAN LOST CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT: CAUSE OF LOSS OF CONTROL UNKNOWN, UNDETERMINENABLE.