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.
The aircraft was observed at the deer lodge airport Montana and it had been in a accident. It was not reported. An inspector from the helena, Montana FSDO questioned privacy data omitted pilot of the aircraft.
He stated that upon landing he bounced the aircraft and he hit a cross wind. At this point he could not control the aircraft and hit the runway causing substantial damage to the aircraft.
As the FAA filed it
THE AIRCRAFT WAS OBSERVED AT THE DEER LODGE AIRPORT MONTANA AND IT HAD BEEN IN A ACCIDENT. IT WAS NOT REPORTED. AN INSPECTOR FROM THE HELENA, MONTANA FSDO QUESTIONED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PILOT OF THE AIRCRAFT.
HE STATED THAT UPON LANDING HE BOUNCED THE AIRCRAFT AND HE HIT A CROSS WIND. AT THIS POINT HE COULD NOT CONTROL THE AIRCRAFT AND HIT THE RUNWAY CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.