What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
(-23) Pilot james noble had ocntracted a film crew to film a video of aerobatic maneuvers to promote airshows that he was to participate in. While performing various aerobatic maneuvers the aircraft crashed in a field approximately 8 miles east of Idaho Falls at blacktail rd., and bone rd. near blcktail lake. From review of a video of the accident it appears that when coming out of a roll the pilot possibly blacked out and lost control of stalled out the aircraft. At this point the iarcraft appears to go nose up and them plunge to the ground and burst into flames. The pilot was fatally injured and burned in the crash. The aircraft was totally destroyed except for the structural metal portion of the airframe, engine and some components.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) PILOT JAMES NOBLE HAD OCNTRACTED A FILM CREW TO FILM A VIDEO OF AEROBATIC MANEUVERS TO PROMOTE AIRSHOWS THAT HE WAS TO PARTICIPATE IN. WHILE PERFORMING VARIOUS AEROBATIC MANEUVERS THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED IN A FIELD APPROXIMATELY 8 MILES EAST OF IDAHO FALLS AT BLACKTAIL RD., AND BONE RD. NEAR BLCKTAIL LAKE. FROM REVIEW OF A VIDEO OF THE ACCIDENT IT APPEARS THAT WHEN COMING OUT OF A ROLL THE PILOT POSSIBLY BLACKED OUT AND LOST CONTROL OF STALLED OUT THE AIRCRAFT. AT THIS POINT THE IARCRAFT APPEARS TO GO NOSE UP AND THEM PLUNGE TO THE GROUND AND BURST INTO FLAMES. THE PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED AND BURNED IN THE CRASH. THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOTALLY DESTROYED EXCEPT FOR THE STRUCTURAL METAL PORTION OF THE AIRFRAME, ENGINE AND SOME COMPONENTS.
NTSB investigation
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