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.
Lost radio. Fuel gauge on empty. Elected to land in field. Found alternator breaker pulled and battery dead.
As the FAA filed it
LOST RADIO. FUEL GAUGE ON EMPTY. ELECTED TO LAND IN FIELD. FOUND ALTERNATOR BREAKER PULLED AND BATTERY DEAD.
Other reports on N5431Q · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.