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) The glider was at low altitude when the pilot attempted to start the auxiliary engine. The engine failed to start and the pilot then made an off airport landing into a vacant field. Upon landing the glider struck a small sapling causing minor damage to the right wing leading edge. The pilot was not injured.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) THE GLIDER WAS AT LOW ALTITUDE WHEN THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO START THE AUXILIARY ENGINE. THE ENGINE FAILED TO START AND THE PILOT THEN MADE AN OFF AIRPORT LANDING INTO A VACANT FIELD. UPON LANDING THE GLIDER STRUCK A SMALL SAPLING CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING LEADING EDGE. THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED.