What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Partial power loss. Stalled steep tight turn trying to make runway. Impacted near vertical. No anomalies found. (.19) on July 5, 1996, at 0823 hours pacific daylight time, a Ryan aeronautical ST3KR, N57017, experienced a loss of engine power approaching the Santa Paula, California. The private pilot/owner made a forced landing in an open field and collided with terrain about 150 yards east of the airport. The airplane was destroyed. The pilot and passenger were fatally injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the personal flight, and no flight plan was filed. The flight originated from riverside, California, on July 5, 1996, at 0720. Witnesses reported that the airplane's engine sounded rough as it approached the field. Fuel was found in the wreckage.
As the FAA filed it
PARTIAL POWER LOSS. STALLED STEEP TIGHT TURN TRYING TO MAKE RUNWAY. IMPACTED NEAR VERTICAL. NO ANOMALIES FOUND. (.19) ON JULY 5, 1996, AT 0823 HOURS PACIFIC DAYLIGHT TIME, A RYAN AERONAUTICAL ST3KR, N57017, EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER APPROACHING THE SANTA PAULA, CALIFORNIA. THE PRIVATE PILOT/OWNER MADE A FORCED LANDING IN AN OPEN FIELD AND COLLIDED WITH TERRAIN ABOUT 150 YARDS EAST OF THE AIRPORT. THE AIRPLANE WAS DESTROYED. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE FATALLY INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE PERSONAL FLIGHT, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA, ON JULY 5, 1996, AT 0720. WITNESSES REPORTED THAT THE AIRPLANE'S ENGINE SOUNDED ROUGH AS IT APPROACHED THE FIELD. FUEL WAS FOUND IN THE WRECKAGE.
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