What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Prepurchase demo flight. Lost power landed short ag strip. Seal on landing light on filter flaked off blocked carb. (-23) on 06/06/97 this office did an on scene investigation of this accident. The aircraft was cruising at approximately 1300 feet when the engine quit. A forced landing was made in a corn field. The left outboard wing had major damage, the nose assy. Was damaged, the engine mount frame was damaged, the propeller was damaged, and the firewall was damaged. The aircraft had no fuel on board, and the engine was getting fuel, could not get left or right magneto to produce a spark at the accident scene. The magneto's worked fine after the aircraft was moved to airport. The ignition switch is suspected of malfunctioning, however it worked after the aircraft was moved.
As the FAA filed it
PREPURCHASE DEMO FLIGHT. LOST POWER LANDED SHORT AG STRIP. SEAL ON LANDING LIGHT ON FILTER FLAKED OFF BLOCKED CARB. (-23) ON 06/06/97 THIS OFFICE DID AN ON SCENE INVESTIGATION OF THIS ACCIDENT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS CRUISING AT APPROXIMATELY 1300 FEET WHEN THE ENGINE QUIT. A FORCED LANDING WAS MADE IN A CORN FIELD. THE LEFT OUTBOARD WING HAD MAJOR DAMAGE, THE NOSE ASSY. WAS DAMAGED, THE ENGINE MOUNT FRAME WAS DAMAGED, THE PROPELLER WAS DAMAGED, AND THE FIREWALL WAS DAMAGED. THE AIRCRAFT HAD NO FUEL ON BOARD, AND THE ENGINE WAS GETTING FUEL, COULD NOT GET LEFT OR RIGHT MAGNETO TO PRODUCE A SPARK AT THE ACCIDENT SCENE. THE MAGNETO'S WORKED FINE AFTER THE AIRCRAFT WAS MOVED TO AIRPORT. THE IGNITION SWITCH IS SUSPECTED OF MALFUNCTIONING, HOWEVER IT WORKED AFTER THE AIRCRAFT WAS MOVED.
NTSB investigation
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