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.
(-5) At 1800Z apa tower became aware that a Piper cherokee was transmitter only. The aircraft used transponder frequency 7600, then 7700. Apa ATCT determined that an emergency existed. Later, it was found that the alternator became inoperative and the battery had discharged so low that the radio would not receive.
As the FAA filed it
(-5) AT 1800Z APA TOWER BECAME AWARE THAT A PIPER CHEROKEE WAS TRANSMITTER ONLY. THE AIRCRAFT USED TRANSPONDER FREQUENCY 7600, THEN 7700. APA ATCT DETERMINED THAT AN EMERGENCY EXISTED. LATER, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE ALTERNATOR BECAME INOPERATIVE AND THE BATTERY HAD DISCHARGED SO LOW THAT THE RADIO WOULD NOT RECEIVE.