What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Narrative: pilot fueled aircraft and placed fuel selector on left tank. Pilot boarded his two dogs and upon his entry into the aircraft found them both on the floor forward of the pilots seat. He placed the smaller on the back seat and the larger backed away and it is surmised, pushed the fuel selector to a position intermediate between left and right tanks. Pilot took off on runway 34 made one touch and go and on climbout experienced power loss, turned right crosswind and continued turning for a downward landing on 16. He touched down too FAR down the runway, realized he would not be able to stop by the runway and applied power and took off. He made a left turn trying to return for a landing on 34, was unable to maintain altitude, force landing approximately 1/4 mile east of the runway center point in a grass field. This is a final report.
As the FAA filed it
NARRATIVE: PILOT FUELED AIRCRAFT AND PLACED FUEL SELECTOR ON LEFT TANK. PILOT BOARDED HIS TWO DOGS AND UPON HIS ENTRY INTO THE AIRCRAFT FOUND THEM BOTH ON THE FLOOR FORWARD OF THE PILOTS SEAT. HE PLACED THE SMALLER ON THE BACK SEAT AND THE LARGER BACKED AWAY AND IT IS SURMISED, PUSHED THE FUEL SELECTOR TO A POSITION INTERMEDIATE BETWEEN LEFT AND RIGHT TANKS. PILOT TOOK OFF ON RUNWAY 34 MADE ONE TOUCH AND GO AND ON CLIMBOUT EXPERIENCED POWER LOSS, TURNED RIGHT CROSSWIND AND CONTINUED TURNING FOR A DOWNWARD LANDING ON 16. HE TOUCHED DOWN TOO FAR DOWN THE RUNWAY, REALIZED HE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO STOP BY THE RUNWAY AND APPLIED POWER AND TOOK OFF. HE MADE A LEFT TURN TRYING TO RETURN FOR A LANDING ON 34, WAS UNABLE TO MAINTAIN ALTITUDE, FORCE LANDING APPROXIMATELY 1/4 MILE EAST OF THE RUNWAY CENTER POINT IN A GRASS FIELD. THIS IS A FINAL REPORT.
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