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.
On 03/09/2017 at 8:52 MST, N511JM, an experimental-amateur built Thunder Mustang aircraft had a mechanical failure of the main landing gear system causing the gear to collapse upon touchdown at Colorado Springs municipal airport (kcos). There was one person onboard and he was not injured. The weather at the time was VMC. The aircraft had minor damage, primarily to the propeller, landing gear doors, and air scoop.
As the FAA filed it
ON 03/09/2017 AT 8:52 MST, N511JM, AN EXPERIMENTAL-AMATEUR BUILT THUNDER MUSTANG AIRCRAFT HAD A MECHANICAL FAILURE OF THE MAIN LANDING GEAR SYSTEM CAUSING THE GEAR TO COLLAPSE UPON TOUCHDOWN AT COLORADO SPRINGS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (KCOS). THERE WAS ONE PERSON ONBOARD AND HE WAS NOT INJURED. THE WEATHER AT THE TIME WAS VMC. THE AIRCRAFT HAD MINOR DAMAGE, PRIMARILY TO THE PROPELLER, LANDING GEAR DOORS, AND AIR SCOOP.