What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Acft struck power lines and crashed,pilot suffered fatal, pass had serious inj, acft had substantial dam, Tracy,CA (from .4) the pilot took off from a local airport about 40 minutes prior to the accident. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. Family members on the ground witnessed the aircraft flying over wires, which were on the west side of the bean field during previous low passes. The same family members noticed the airplane flying from west to east and attempt to fly under a power line, which paralleled a road. The witnesses indicated that the right wing clipped the power line and the aircraft struck the ground and cartwheeled about 100 yards east of the roadway. The pilot had obtained his private pilot certificate approximately 7 months prior to the accident and had accumulated about 62 hours of documented flight time. A toxicology examination of samples from the pilot yielded positive results for brompheniramine, pseudoephedrine, phenylpropanolamine, and ephedrine. Brompheniramine commonly results in drowsiness and has a measurable effect on performance of complex cognitive and motor tasks. Pseudoephedrine, edhedrine, and phenylpropa nolamine, and ephedrine. Brompheniramine commonly results in drowsiness and has a measurable effect on performance of complex cognitive and motor tasks. Pseudoephedrine, edhedrine, and phenylpropanolamine all usually result in increased levels of alertness.
As the FAA filed it
ACFT STRUCK POWER LINES AND CRASHED,PILOT SUFFERED FATAL, PASS HAD SERIOUS INJ, ACFT HAD SUBSTANTIAL DAM, TRACY,CA (FROM .4) THE PILOT TOOK OFF FROM A LOCAL AIRPORT ABOUT 40 MINUTES PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. FAMILY MEMBERS ON THE GROUND WITNESSED THE AIRCRAFT FLYING OVER WIRES, WHICH WERE ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE BEAN FIELD DURING PREVIOUS LOW PASSES. THE SAME FAMILY MEMBERS NOTICED THE AIRPLANE FLYING FROM WEST TO EAST AND ATTEMPT TO FLY UNDER A POWER LINE, WHICH PARALLELED A ROAD. THE WITNESSES INDICATED THAT THE RIGHT WING CLIPPED THE POWER LINE AND THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE GROUND AND CARTWHEELED ABOUT 100 YARDS EAST OF THE ROADWAY. THE PILOT HAD OBTAINED HIS PRIVATE PILOT CERTIFICATE APPROXIMATELY 7 MONTHS PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT AND HAD ACCUMULATED ABOUT 62 HOURS OF DOCUMENTED FLIGHT TIME. A TOXICOLOGY EXAMINATION OF SAMPLES FROM THE PILOT YIELDED POSITIVE RESULTS FOR BROMPHENIRAMINE, PSEUDOEPHEDRINE, PHENYLPROPANOLAMINE, AND EPHEDRINE. BROMPHENIRAMINE COMMONLY RESULTS IN DROWSINESS AND HAS A MEASURABLE EFFECT ON PERFORMANCE OF COMPLEX COGNITIVE AND MOTOR TASKS. PSEUDOEPHEDRINE, EDHEDRINE, AND PHENYLPROPA NOLAMINE, AND EPHEDRINE. BROMPHENIRAMINE COMMONLY RESULTS IN DROWSINESS AND HAS A MEASURABLE EFFECT ON PERFORMANCE OF COMPLEX COGNITIVE AND MOTOR TASKS. PSEUDOEPHEDRINE, EDHEDRINE, AND PHENYLPROPANOLAMINE ALL USUALLY RESULT IN INCREASED LEVELS OF ALERTNESS.
NTSB investigation
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