What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Flight of 2 departed. Pilot of NR2 aircraft elected return but lost control and crashed. No night or IFR training. (-23) pilot #1 richard rowe - pilot #2 edward kummer (fatal). Two Cessna 150 aircraft departed Williams co. airport (0G6), Bryan, Ohio at approximately 1815 e. on 11/11/96, enroute to rowe waterloo airport (4C2), waterloo Indiana, about 23SM to the west. They were airborne about 7 or 8 minutes when pilot #2 informed pilot #1 that he was going to return to the Bryan airport. Shortly thereafter pilot #2 crashed in a cornfield. Pilot #2 was not instrument rated and prior to departure declared he had not flown at night for over one year. At eyewitness to the crash stated that he observed the aircraft in a nose low descending turn with full power applied.
As the FAA filed it
FLIGHT OF 2 DEPARTED. PILOT OF NR2 AIRCRAFT ELECTED RETURN BUT LOST CONTROL AND CRASHED. NO NIGHT OR IFR TRAINING. (-23) PILOT #1 RICHARD ROWE - PILOT #2 EDWARD KUMMER (FATAL). TWO CESSNA 150 AIRCRAFT DEPARTED WILLIAMS CO. AIRPORT (0G6), BRYAN, OHIO AT APPROXIMATELY 1815 E. ON 11/11/96, ENROUTE TO ROWE WATERLOO AIRPORT (4C2), WATERLOO INDIANA, ABOUT 23SM TO THE WEST. THEY WERE AIRBORNE ABOUT 7 OR 8 MINUTES WHEN PILOT #2 INFORMED PILOT #1 THAT HE WAS GOING TO RETURN TO THE BRYAN AIRPORT. SHORTLY THEREAFTER PILOT #2 CRASHED IN A CORNFIELD. PILOT #2 WAS NOT INSTRUMENT RATED AND PRIOR TO DEPARTURE DECLARED HE HAD NOT FLOWN AT NIGHT FOR OVER ONE YEAR. AT EYEWITNESS TO THE CRASH STATED THAT HE OBSERVED THE AIRCRAFT IN A NOSE LOW DESCENDING TURN WITH FULL POWER APPLIED.
NTSB investigation
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