What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Stalled out of slo climbing turn after takeoff. Burned after impact. Pilot had non flyable medical drug in system. (-23) the pilot departed runway 8 at Tampa Executive Airport, according to witnesses the aircraft was banked to the left and gained a maximum of 150 feet altitude. The aircraft continued on a left hand banking turn which finally made a sharp bank to about 60 degrees and the nose pitched down to about 50 or 60 degrees. According to witnesses the aircraft then struck a telephone pole and electric wires and dove straight into the ground. Witness reports also stated the aircraft engine was running normally all the way to impact. An inspection of the flight control cables revealed the rudder and elevator cables were intact. The ailerons were operated by torque tubes that go through the fuselage and out to the wings. The aileron torque tubes that go through the center section of the fuselage were completely consumed in the fire. The tubes were still intact in the wing except for a break in the tube on the outboard section of the left wing. There was no evidence of failure prior to impact. The pilot deceased in the crash and no further action is planned.
As the FAA filed it
STALLED OUT OF SLO CLIMBING TURN AFTER TAKEOFF. BURNED AFTER IMPACT. PILOT HAD NON FLYABLE MEDICAL DRUG IN SYSTEM. (-23) THE PILOT DEPARTED RUNWAY 8 AT TAMPA EXECUTIVE AIRPORT, ACCORDING TO WITNESSES THE AIRCRAFT WAS BANKED TO THE LEFT AND GAINED A MAXIMUM OF 150 FEET ALTITUDE. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED ON A LEFT HAND BANKING TURN WHICH FINALLY MADE A SHARP BANK TO ABOUT 60 DEGREES AND THE NOSE PITCHED DOWN TO ABOUT 50 OR 60 DEGREES. ACCORDING TO WITNESSES THE AIRCRAFT THEN STRUCK A TELEPHONE POLE AND ELECTRIC WIRES AND DOVE STRAIGHT INTO THE GROUND. WITNESS REPORTS ALSO STATED THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE WAS RUNNING NORMALLY ALL THE WAY TO IMPACT. AN INSPECTION OF THE FLIGHT CONTROL CABLES REVEALED THE RUDDER AND ELEVATOR CABLES WERE INTACT. THE AILERONS WERE OPERATED BY TORQUE TUBES THAT GO THROUGH THE FUSELAGE AND OUT TO THE WINGS. THE AILERON TORQUE TUBES THAT GO THROUGH THE CENTER SECTION OF THE FUSELAGE WERE COMPLETELY CONSUMED IN THE FIRE. THE TUBES WERE STILL INTACT IN THE WING EXCEPT FOR A BREAK IN THE TUBE ON THE OUTBOARD SECTION OF THE LEFT WING. THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF FAILURE PRIOR TO IMPACT. THE PILOT DECEASED IN THE CRASH AND NO FURTHER ACTION IS PLANNED.
NTSB investigation
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