What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Lost power on base at elpaso. Landed on a street. Collided with a truck. Engine threw a rod thru engine case. (-23) aircraft was approximately 1 hour, 15 minutes into its aerial photography flight when the engine began running extremely rough. Pilot checked engine guages with no particular irregularities. A few minutes later the engine shutdown. Aircraft proceeded to make an emergency landing in a residential area, approximately 4-5 miles se of the El Paso airport. Aircraft contacted a curb which sheared teh NLG and went between a wood light pile and a concrete decorative wall. Both wing tips were sheared off and the tail section was also sheared off by the light pole. Aircraft also contacted a small pick-up truck as it came to rest on the intersection of yarbough and trawood.
As the FAA filed it
LOST POWER ON BASE AT ELPASO. LANDED ON A STREET. COLLIDED WITH A TRUCK. ENGINE THREW A ROD THRU ENGINE CASE. (-23) AIRCRAFT WAS APPROXIMATELY 1 HOUR, 15 MINUTES INTO ITS AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY FLIGHT WHEN THE ENGINE BEGAN RUNNING EXTREMELY ROUGH. PILOT CHECKED ENGINE GUAGES WITH NO PARTICULAR IRREGULARITIES. A FEW MINUTES LATER THE ENGINE SHUTDOWN. AIRCRAFT PROCEEDED TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA, APPROXIMATELY 4-5 MILES SE OF THE EL PASO AIRPORT. AIRCRAFT CONTACTED A CURB WHICH SHEARED TEH NLG AND WENT BETWEEN A WOOD LIGHT PILE AND A CONCRETE DECORATIVE WALL. BOTH WING TIPS WERE SHEARED OFF AND THE TAIL SECTION WAS ALSO SHEARED OFF BY THE LIGHT POLE. AIRCRAFT ALSO CONTACTED A SMALL PICK-UP TRUCK AS IT CAME TO REST ON THE INTERSECTION OF YARBOUGH AND TRAWOOD.
NTSB investigation
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