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.
While approaching an offshore platform for landing, the lower portion of the aircraft's vertical stabilizer came in contact with a pipe sticking above the surface of the platform.
As the FAA filed it
WHILE APPROACHING AN OFFSHORE PLATFORM FOR LANDING, THE LOWER PORTION OF THE AIRCRAFT'S VERTICAL STABILIZER CAME IN CONTACT WITH A PIPE STICKING ABOVE THE SURFACE OF THE PLATFORM.