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 short final, pilot elected to perform a go-around maneuver to avoid another aircraft on an opposite direction takeoff roll. During the go-around, the pilot side-stepped to the west side of the runway centerline to avoid the departing aircraft and collided with a tree, causing minor damage to the left side horizontal stabilizer.
As the FAA filed it
ON SHORT FINAL, PILOT ELECTED TO PERFORM A GO-AROUND MANEUVER TO AVOID ANOTHER AIRCRAFT ON AN OPPOSITE DIRECTION TAKEOFF ROLL. DURING THE GO-AROUND, THE PILOT SIDE-STEPPED TO THE WEST SIDE OF THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE TO AVOID THE DEPARTING AIRCRAFT AND COLLIDED WITH A TREE, CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LEFT SIDE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER.
Other reports on N3293D · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.