Make note to self. Use white paint to cover rego, not black.
My understanding is that it was a nice very very low time privately owned Chieftan which has a history of only one other incident which was with a previous owner.
Blacking out the rego has backfired, but I've acted as spokesman for accidents twice to draw the press away from those directly involved and its a very unpleasant thing. I have full sympathy for whoever has tried to keep the aircraft identity low key.