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.
On 06/16/2014 at approximately 1053 hrs. Mountain daylight time (MDT), N987SL, an experimental amateur-built Meyer, geoffrey a. model Goat aircraft sustained substantial damage during an off field landing near Wolcott, CO. The two occupants on board were uninjured. Weather at the time was visual meteorological conditions (VMC) with winds gusting to 29 knots.
As the FAA filed it
ON 06/16/2014 AT APPROXIMATELY 1053 HRS. MOUNTAIN DAYLIGHT TIME (MDT), N987SL, AN EXPERIMENTAL AMATEUR-BUILT MEYER, GEOFFREY A. MODEL GOAT AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DURING AN OFF FIELD LANDING NEAR WOLCOTT, CO. THE TWO OCCUPANTS ON BOARD WERE UNINJURED. WEATHER AT THE TIME WAS VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (VMC) WITH WINDS GUSTING TO 29 KNOTS.