What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Acft took off and made a right turn, and the pilot requested to return to the arpt, the controller cleared the acft to land on rwy 03, but the acft crashed before reaching the arpt, all 4 POB suffered fatal injuries, the acft was destroyed, other circumstances are unknown. (-23)aircraft departed rwy 16 Ogden was making a rt turn. Twr observed a nose high attitude with very little climb. Twr asked aircraft if they were having trouble and offered rwy 3, the pilot did not admit to any problem but did accept the offer to return. A stall/spin followed. The aircraft impacted the ground inverted and immediately burned. The aircraft carried full fuel and 4 adults. Crass wt was exceeded. The density altitude was about 6100 ft asl.
As the FAA filed it
ACFT TOOK OFF AND MADE A RIGHT TURN, AND THE PILOT REQUESTED TO RETURN TO THE ARPT, THE CONTROLLER CLEARED THE ACFT TO LAND ON RWY 03, BUT THE ACFT CRASHED BEFORE REACHING THE ARPT, ALL 4 POB SUFFERED FATAL INJURIES, THE ACFT WAS DESTROYED, OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES ARE UNKNOWN. (-23)AIRCRAFT DEPARTED RWY 16 OGDEN WAS MAKING A RT TURN. TWR OBSERVED A NOSE HIGH ATTITUDE WITH VERY LITTLE CLIMB. TWR ASKED AIRCRAFT IF THEY WERE HAVING TROUBLE AND OFFERED RWY 3, THE PILOT DID NOT ADMIT TO ANY PROBLEM BUT DID ACCEPT THE OFFER TO RETURN. A STALL/SPIN FOLLOWED. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND INVERTED AND IMMEDIATELY BURNED. THE AIRCRAFT CARRIED FULL FUEL AND 4 ADULTS. CRASS WT WAS EXCEEDED. THE DENSITY ALTITUDE WAS ABOUT 6100 FT ASL.
NTSB investigation
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