What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
The pilot was practicinb touch an go landings at his unlighted private dirt airstrip. Shortly after sunset his family noted him missing. The aircraft wreckage was found at the bottom of a 300 foot deep gully adjacent and parralled to the airsrtip early the next moring. The pilot was found fatally injured 10 feet from the wreckage. Investigators found a set of tracks curving off the edge of the airstrip toward the gully. Along with broken pieces of wingtip fairing. The track extended off the airstrip edge down slope for 400 feet and terminated. The aircrafat wreckage was roughly aligned with these tracks although a second scar going the opposite direction was found running down the slope near the bottom, adjacent to the wreckage. Investigators did not find any evidence of preimpact malfuncations of the aircraft, but did find the aircrafts seat belt and shoulder harness unfasteded with no evidence of damage to, or failure of, the seat belt of buckle. The pilots son reported that the pilot had been taking pondemun and fastum (SIC) diet pills.
As the FAA filed it
THE PILOT WAS PRACTICINB TOUCH AN GO LANDINGS AT HIS UNLIGHTED PRIVATE DIRT AIRSTRIP. SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET HIS FAMILY NOTED HIM MISSING. THE AIRCRAFT WRECKAGE WAS FOUND AT THE BOTTOM OF A 300 FOOT DEEP GULLY ADJACENT AND PARRALLED TO THE AIRSRTIP EARLY THE NEXT MORING. THE PILOT WAS FOUND FATALLY INJURED 10 FEET FROM THE WRECKAGE. INVESTIGATORS FOUND A SET OF TRACKS CURVING OFF THE EDGE OF THE AIRSTRIP TOWARD THE GULLY. ALONG WITH BROKEN PIECES OF WINGTIP FAIRING. THE TRACK EXTENDED OFF THE AIRSTRIP EDGE DOWN SLOPE FOR 400 FEET AND TERMINATED. THE AIRCRAFAT WRECKAGE WAS ROUGHLY ALIGNED WITH THESE TRACKS ALTHOUGH A SECOND SCAR GOING THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION WAS FOUND RUNNING DOWN THE SLOPE NEAR THE BOTTOM, ADJACENT TO THE WRECKAGE. INVESTIGATORS DID NOT FIND ANY EVIDENCE OF PREIMPACT MALFUNCATIONS OF THE AIRCRAFT, BUT DID FIND THE AIRCRAFTS SEAT BELT AND SHOULDER HARNESS UNFASTEDED WITH NO EVIDENCE OF DAMAGE TO, OR FAILURE OF, THE SEAT BELT OF BUCKLE. THE PILOTS SON REPORTED THAT THE PILOT HAD BEEN TAKING PONDEMUN AND FASTUM (SIC) DIET PILLS.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.