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.
privacy data omitted Was departing his own private airstrip and collided with a rock during the takeoff roll. He struck the left main gear and tail wheel causing significant damage to the main gear, tearing the tail wheel assembly from its mounts, and a large tear in the aluminum on the rudder. The airstrip is short and he was near flying speed so he continued the takeoff and continued on to Lewiston, Idaho. privacy data omitted Has operated off this airstip for over thirty years without incident.
As the FAA filed it
^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS DEPARTING HIS OWN PRIVATE AIRSTRIP AND COLLIDED WITH A ROCK DURING THE TAKEOFF ROLL. HE STRUCK THE LEFT MAIN GEAR AND TAIL WHEEL CAUSING SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO THE MAIN GEAR, TEARING THE TAIL WHEEL ASSEMBLY FROM ITS MOUNTS, AND A LARGE TEAR IN THE ALUMINUM ON THE RUDDER. THE AIRSTRIP IS SHORT AND HE WAS NEAR FLYING SPEED SO HE CONTINUED THE TAKEOFF AND CONTINUED ON TO LEWISTON, IDAHO. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HAS OPERATED OFF THIS AIRSTIP FOR OVER THIRTY YEARS WITHOUT INCIDENT.
Other reports on N2303Y · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.