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.
(-23) On April 3, 2002, N99237, a Cessna model 172P, operated by the civil air patrol ran out of fuel and made an emergency landing in a bean field near Flandreau, SD. Damage limited to left landing gear fairing, a dent in aft fuselage, and a cut in the lower horizontal stabilizer skin.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) ON APRIL 3, 2002, N99237, A CESSNA MODEL 172P, OPERATED BY THE CIVIL AIR PATROL RAN OUT OF FUEL AND MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A BEAN FIELD NEAR FLANDREAU, SD. DAMAGE LIMITED TO LEFT LANDING GEAR FAIRING, A DENT IN AFT FUSELAGE, AND A CUT IN THE LOWER HORIZONTAL STABILIZER SKIN.