What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Lost power. Landed in a swamp. Broke off nose gear and nosed over into water. Unable to determine cause power loss. (-23) on 09-03-95 at 1100, N9425B, piloted by jerol madison privacy data omitted had a forced landing into a swamp. Aircraft departed a private strip, enroute the engine quit, would not restart, upon impact to the ground, the gear colapsed and the aircraft flipped over in the water. Airmen competence and airworthiness unable to be determined at this time, amendment will follow when engine able to be run.
As the FAA filed it
LOST POWER. LANDED IN A SWAMP. BROKE OFF NOSE GEAR AND NOSED OVER INTO WATER. UNABLE TO DETERMINE CAUSE POWER LOSS. (-23) ON 09-03-95 AT 1100, N9425B, PILOTED BY JEROL MADISON ^PRIVACY D^ HAD A FORCED LANDING INTO A SWAMP. AIRCRAFT DEPARTED A PRIVATE STRIP, ENROUTE THE ENGINE QUIT, WOULD NOT RESTART, UPON IMPACT TO THE GROUND, THE GEAR COLAPSED AND THE AIRCRAFT FLIPPED OVER IN THE WATER. AIRMEN COMPETENCE AND AIRWORTHINESS UNABLE TO BE DETERMINED AT THIS TIME, AMENDMENT WILL FOLLOW WHEN ENGINE ABLE TO BE RUN.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.