What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Narrative: on November 25, 1997, at 0103 central standard time, a Cessna 172E, N5332T, owned and operated by a private pilot, sustained substantial damage during a night forced landing off airport, near Topeka, Kansas. The pilot received fatal injuries and both passengers sustained serious injuries. The personal 14 CFR part 91 flight originated at Kansas city, Missouri, at 2330 (November 24), with the intended destination of salina, Kansas. A surviving passenger stated that the airplane made an unscheduled landing at lawrence, Kansas due to a rough running engine. He said that after an inspection failed to reveal the nature of the problem, the airplane again departed for salina. He said that after climbing to about 2,200 feet the airplane again experienced a rough running engine and eventually quit entirely. The pilot conducted a night forced landing, striking a wire, prior to impacting the terrain. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. No flight plan was on file. (.4)during a night cross-country flight, the airplane engine began to run rough. The pilot applied carburetor heat and was able to clear the icing. He made a precautionary landing to check the airplane and found nothing unusual. He decided to continue the flight using partial carburetor heat. He resumed the flight at shortly after that the engine began to run rough. Carburetor heat did not completely clear the blockage and eventually the engine suffered a loss of all power. A forced landing was initiated and during the final phase of the descent the airplane impacted a transmission line and then impacted the terrain. Subsequently examination of the airplane and engine failed to reveal any mechanical anomalies other than those accociated with the impact with the wire and the terrain.
As the FAA filed it
NARRATIVE: ON NOVEMBER 25, 1997, AT 0103 CENTRAL STANDARD TIME, A CESSNA 172E, N5332T, OWNED AND OPERATED BY A PRIVATE PILOT, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DURING A NIGHT FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT, NEAR TOPEKA, KANSAS. THE PILOT RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES AND BOTH PASSENGERS SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES. THE PERSONAL 14 CFR PART 91 FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, AT 2330 (NOVEMBER 24), WITH THE INTENDED DESTINATION OF SALINA, KANSAS. A SURVIVING PASSENGER STATED THAT THE AIRPLANE MADE AN UNSCHEDULED LANDING AT LAWRENCE, KANSAS DUE TO A ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE. HE SAID THAT AFTER AN INSPECTION FAILED TO REVEAL THE NATURE OF THE PROBLEM, THE AIRPLANE AGAIN DEPARTED FOR SALINA. HE SAID THAT AFTER CLIMBING TO ABOUT 2,200 FEET THE AIRPLANE AGAIN EXPERIENCED A ROUGH RUNNING ENGINE AND EVENTUALLY QUIT ENTIRELY. THE PILOT CONDUCTED A NIGHT FORCED LANDING, STRIKING A WIRE, PRIOR TO IMPACTING THE TERRAIN. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS ON FILE. (.4)DURING A NIGHT CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT, THE AIRPLANE ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH. THE PILOT APPLIED CARBURETOR HEAT AND WAS ABLE TO CLEAR THE ICING. HE MADE A PRECAUTIONARY LANDING TO CHECK THE AIRPLANE AND FOUND NOTHING UNUSUAL. HE DECIDED TO CONTINUE THE FLIGHT USING PARTIAL CARBURETOR HEAT. HE RESUMED THE FLIGHT AT SHORTLY AFTER THAT THE ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH. CARBURETOR HEAT DID NOT COMPLETELY CLEAR THE BLOCKAGE AND EVENTUALLY THE ENGINE SUFFERED A LOSS OF ALL POWER. A FORCED LANDING WAS INITIATED AND DURING THE FINAL PHASE OF THE DESCENT THE AIRPLANE IMPACTED A TRANSMISSION LINE AND THEN IMPACTED THE TERRAIN. SUBSEQUENTLY EXAMINATION OF THE AIRPLANE AND ENGINE FAILED TO REVEAL ANY MECHANICAL ANOMALIES OTHER THAN THOSE ACCOCIATED WITH THE IMPACT WITH THE WIRE AND THE TERRAIN.
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