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 his first cross country solo flight from mitchell, SD to Brookings, SD the student pilot (certificate no. GX-416667) was unable to maintain control of the aircraft on landing (bkx) and rolled off the left hand side of the runway, struck a sign with the underside of the left hand wing causing damage to the skin and the left hand flap. The pilot was the sole occupant and was not injured
As the FAA filed it
ON HIS FIRST CROSS COUNTRY SOLO FLIGHT FROM MITCHELL, SD TO BROOKINGS, SD THE STUDENT PILOT (CERTIFICATE NO. GX-416667) WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT ON LANDING (BKX) AND ROLLED OFF THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, STRUCK A SIGN WITH THE UNDERSIDE OF THE LEFT HAND WING CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE SKIN AND THE LEFT HAND FLAP. THE PILOT WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT AND WAS NOT INJURED