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.
Loss of directional control resulted in a ground loop while under tow during the takeoff roll. Ground loop resulted in substantial damage to the aircraft including; tail boom severed, structural cracks in vertical stabilizer, tear in trailing edge of left aileron.
As the FAA filed it
LOSS OF DIRECTIONAL CONTROL RESULTED IN A GROUND LOOP WHILE UNDER TOW DURING THE TAKEOFF ROLL. GROUND LOOP RESULTED IN SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT INCLUDING; TAIL BOOM SEVERED, STRUCTURAL CRACKS IN VERTICAL STABILIZER, TEAR IN TRAILING EDGE OF LEFT AILERON.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.