What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Acft engine was running rough, so the pilot made an emergency landing on a road, and the acft crashed and sustained substantial damage, other circumstances are unknown. (-23)during manuevers on local flight, engine began to lose power. Pilot initiated landing on "farm to market road", then chose alternate landing site of a farmers field. Pilot completed gear-up landing with a/c catching left wing tip and spinning around. On 5/24/99, the carburetor was disassembled and a few large pieces of sediment were found in the bowl. Further inspection disclosed a piece of debris was in the orifice for the main fuel discharge nozzle.
As the FAA filed it
ACFT ENGINE WAS RUNNING ROUGH, SO THE PILOT MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON A ROAD, AND THE ACFT CRASHED AND SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES ARE UNKNOWN. (-23)DURING MANUEVERS ON LOCAL FLIGHT, ENGINE BEGAN TO LOSE POWER. PILOT INITIATED LANDING ON "FARM TO MARKET ROAD", THEN CHOSE ALTERNATE LANDING SITE OF A FARMERS FIELD. PILOT COMPLETED GEAR-UP LANDING WITH A/C CATCHING LEFT WING TIP AND SPINNING AROUND. ON 5/24/99, THE CARBURETOR WAS DISASSEMBLED AND A FEW LARGE PIECES OF SEDIMENT WERE FOUND IN THE BOWL. FURTHER INSPECTION DISCLOSED A PIECE OF DEBRIS WAS IN THE ORIFICE FOR THE MAIN FUEL DISCHARGE NOZZLE.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.