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: pilot indicated fuel gages appeared to show empty and pilot elected to make a precautionary off airport landing in a field with minor damage to aircraft. However, aircraft had about 8 gallons of fuel in the tanks.
As the FAA filed it
NARRATIVE: PILOT INDICATED FUEL GAGES APPEARED TO SHOW EMPTY AND PILOT ELECTED TO MAKE A PRECAUTIONARY OFF AIRPORT LANDING IN A FIELD WITH MINOR DAMAGE TO AIRCRAFT. HOWEVER, AIRCRAFT HAD ABOUT 8 GALLONS OF FUEL IN THE TANKS.