What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Made climbing turn after takeoff. Wind gust inverted J3. Stalled. Crashed. Witnesses beleived pilot showing off. (-23) pilot stated that he took off from runway 29, climbed out approx. 200 ft AGL, and started a right turn. Then a gust of wind inverted his aircraft, stalled, and crashed. Four witnesses state they observed the aircraft make a right turn at about 100 ft. one witness stated that the right turn wasmade at 50 ft. one witness depicted the aircraft as turning onto runway ahead of his planned take off route and the aircraft used only a portion of the runway from the taxi way to the end of the runway. The description of the witnesses would seem to indicate the pilot was showing off to the other pilots and spectators in the area. The investigation of the accident scene revealed N88037 sustained damage to the right wing, fuselage, landing gear and engine. Although many maintenance discrepancies were found, none could be determined to be a contributing cause of this accident. The pilot sustained a compound fracture of his right leg and damage to the third and fourth vertebrae. He remained hospitalized for two weeks and recovery is expected t o be six months to one year. privacy data omitted
As the FAA filed it
MADE CLIMBING TURN AFTER TAKEOFF. WIND GUST INVERTED J3. STALLED. CRASHED. WITNESSES BELEIVED PILOT SHOWING OFF. (-23) PILOT STATED THAT HE TOOK OFF FROM RUNWAY 29, CLIMBED OUT APPROX. 200 FT AGL, AND STARTED A RIGHT TURN. THEN A GUST OF WIND INVERTED HIS AIRCRAFT, STALLED, AND CRASHED. FOUR WITNESSES STATE THEY OBSERVED THE AIRCRAFT MAKE A RIGHT TURN AT ABOUT 100 FT. ONE WITNESS STATED THAT THE RIGHT TURN WASMADE AT 50 FT. ONE WITNESS DEPICTED THE AIRCRAFT AS TURNING ONTO RUNWAY AHEAD OF HIS PLANNED TAKE OFF ROUTE AND THE AIRCRAFT USED ONLY A PORTION OF THE RUNWAY FROM THE TAXI WAY TO THE END OF THE RUNWAY. THE DESCRIPTION OF THE WITNESSES WOULD SEEM TO INDICATE THE PILOT WAS SHOWING OFF TO THE OTHER PILOTS AND SPECTATORS IN THE AREA. THE INVESTIGATION OF THE ACCIDENT SCENE REVEALED N88037 SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING, FUSELAGE, LANDING GEAR AND ENGINE. ALTHOUGH MANY MAINTENANCE DISCREPANCIES WERE FOUND, NONE COULD BE DETERMINED TO BE A CONTRIBUTING CAUSE OF THIS ACCIDENT. THE PILOT SUSTAINED A COMPOUND FRACTURE OF HIS RIGHT LEG AND DAMAGE TO THE THIRD AND FOURTH VERTEBRAE. HE REMAINED HOSPITALIZED FOR TWO WEEKS AND RECOVERY IS EXPECTED T O BE SIX MONTHS TO ONE YEAR. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^
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