What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Lost power on climbout. Landed in tall hayfield. Nosed over. Non certified engine in homebuilt. (.4)on climbout, the engine experienced a power loss that would not sustain level flight and the pilot elected to land the airplane in a hay field. The dense growth of the grass and the upslope of the terrain caused the pilot to misjudge hie flare, and the airplane sustained a hard touchdown and nose-over. (-23) pilot had just departed Elberton, GA, enroute VFR to athens, Georgia when aircraft lost power. Pilot landed into a hayfield but the hay was approximately two feet high and the field was of rolling terrain. The aircraft touched down at the bottom of raising terrain and in deep grass. The landing was very short and the aircraft went over on its back. No fire.
As the FAA filed it
LOST POWER ON CLIMBOUT. LANDED IN TALL HAYFIELD. NOSED OVER. NON CERTIFIED ENGINE IN HOMEBUILT. (.4)ON CLIMBOUT, THE ENGINE EXPERIENCED A POWER LOSS THAT WOULD NOT SUSTAIN LEVEL FLIGHT AND THE PILOT ELECTED TO LAND THE AIRPLANE IN A HAY FIELD. THE DENSE GROWTH OF THE GRASS AND THE UPSLOPE OF THE TERRAIN CAUSED THE PILOT TO MISJUDGE HIE FLARE, AND THE AIRPLANE SUSTAINED A HARD TOUCHDOWN AND NOSE-OVER. (-23) PILOT HAD JUST DEPARTED ELBERTON, GA, ENROUTE VFR TO ATHENS, GEORGIA WHEN AIRCRAFT LOST POWER. PILOT LANDED INTO A HAYFIELD BUT THE HAY WAS APPROXIMATELY TWO FEET HIGH AND THE FIELD WAS OF ROLLING TERRAIN. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN AT THE BOTTOM OF RAISING TERRAIN AND IN DEEP GRASS. THE LANDING WAS VERY SHORT AND THE AIRCRAFT WENT OVER ON ITS BACK. NO FIRE.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.