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 starter or starter wheel failed resulting in interference that caused sheering of starter wheel and engine failure. Aircraft landed in a field and broke off the left main landing gear.
Approximately 50 percent of the flywheel teeth were ground down to a nub and the starter motor shaft was ground through approximately 50 percent showing discoloration from heating.
As the FAA filed it
THE STARTER OR STARTER WHEEL FAILED RESULTING IN INTERFERENCE THAT CAUSED SHEERING OF STARTER WHEEL AND ENGINE FAILURE. AIRCRAFT LANDED IN A FIELD AND BROKE OFF THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR.
APPROXIMATELY 50 PERCENT OF THE FLYWHEEL TEETH WERE GROUND DOWN TO A NUB AND THE STARTER MOTOR SHAFT WAS GROUND THROUGH APPROXIMATELY 50 PERCENT SHOWING DISCOLORATION FROM HEATING.