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.
Student on first supervised solo; on short final airman was off centerline, to correct he lowered left wing but did not make ground contact with wing tip. Aircraft contacted runway hard with left main followed by nose wheel and prop strike.
As the FAA filed it
STUDENT ON FIRST SUPERVISED SOLO; ON SHORT FINAL AIRMAN WAS OFF CENTERLINE, TO CORRECT HE LOWERED LEFT WING BUT DID NOT MAKE GROUND CONTACT WITH WING TIP. AIRCRAFT CONTACTED RUNWAY HARD WITH LEFT MAIN FOLLOWED BY NOSE WHEEL AND PROP STRIKE.
Other reports on N284PA · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.