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.
Narrative: on preflight, pilot looked in fuel tanks but did not measure fuel. He estimated something less than 1/2 tank. After 1.15 hrs of flight aircraft ran out of fuel. A/c landed in cornfield and flipped over less than 1/2 mile from end of rwy 31.
As the FAA filed it
NARRATIVE: ON PREFLIGHT, PILOT LOOKED IN FUEL TANKS BUT DID NOT MEASURE FUEL. HE ESTIMATED SOMETHING LESS THAN 1/2 TANK. AFTER 1.15 HRS OF FLIGHT AIRCRAFT RAN OUT OF FUEL. A/C LANDED IN CORNFIELD AND FLIPPED OVER LESS THAN 1/2 MILE FROM END OF RWY 31.