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.
From incident preliminary notice form 8020-9: 'aircraft was on short final 07 sxq when it hit a bald eagle, pilot reported damage to the left wing,...'
[Data notes: airframe hours approx 800 on new fuselage, in aircraft with approx 4500 hours total. And pilot hours estimated at 3500 hours at time of incident.]
As the FAA filed it
FROM INCIDENT PRELIMINARY NOTICE FORM 8020-9: 'AIRCRAFT WAS ON SHORT FINAL 07 SXQ WHEN IT HIT A BALD EAGLE, PILOT REPORTED DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING,...'
[DATA NOTES: AIRFRAME HOURS APPROX 800 ON NEW FUSELAGE, IN AIRCRAFT WITH APPROX 4500 HOURS TOTAL. AND PILOT HOURS ESTIMATED AT 3500 HOURS AT TIME OF INCIDENT.]
Other reports on N7471L · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.