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.
Pilot/owner of aircraft left electric tow bar on nose gear after pre-flight. Aircraft took off from byron airport to perform dual engine instruction. After realizing tow bar was still attached, instructor took over controls, he then tried to lower landing gear and could not lower nose gear. Then decided to land at Stockton Airport, in which damage to nose section of aircraft occurred.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT/OWNER OF AIRCRAFT LEFT ELECTRIC TOW BAR ON NOSE GEAR AFTER PRE-FLIGHT. AIRCRAFT TOOK OFF FROM BYRON AIRPORT TO PERFORM DUAL ENGINE INSTRUCTION. AFTER REALIZING TOW BAR WAS STILL ATTACHED, INSTRUCTOR TOOK OVER CONTROLS, HE THEN TRIED TO LOWER LANDING GEAR AND COULD NOT LOWER NOSE GEAR. THEN DECIDED TO LAND AT STOCKTON AIRPORT, IN WHICH DAMAGE TO NOSE SECTION OF AIRCRAFT OCCURRED.