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.
Inspected aircraft following reported hard landing. Damage is limited to belly skins (mild wrinkling). No evidence of major structure damage. Classified as an incident. Received written statement from student pilot that issuspected of making the hard landing and turned over to operations.
As the FAA filed it
INSPECTED AIRCRAFT FOLLOWING REPORTED HARD LANDING. DAMAGE IS LIMITED TO BELLY SKINS (MILD WRINKLING). NO EVIDENCE OF MAJOR STRUCTURE DAMAGE. CLASSIFIED AS AN INCIDENT. RECEIVED WRITTEN STATEMENT FROM STUDENT PILOT THAT ISSUSPECTED OF MAKING THE HARD LANDING AND TURNED OVER TO OPERATIONS.