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: james d. rusher, 2134187, flying a Cessna 172L, N7139Q with 2 passengers, departed dbq for a trip to benton, IL (H96). The aircraft encountered ice at central Illinois and the pilot attempted to proceed to Illinois valley. The flight resulted in a landing in a field near ladd, IL. The aircraft could not maintain altitude due to the ice conditions.
As the FAA filed it
NARRATIVE: JAMES D. RUSHER, 2134187, FLYING A CESSNA 172L, N7139Q WITH 2 PASSENGERS, DEPARTED DBQ FOR A TRIP TO BENTON, IL (H96). THE AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED ICE AT CENTRAL ILLINOIS AND THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO PROCEED TO ILLINOIS VALLEY. THE FLIGHT RESULTED IN A LANDING IN A FIELD NEAR LADD, IL. THE AIRCRAFT COULD NOT MAINTAIN ALTITUDE DUE TO THE ICE CONDITIONS.