What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
(-23) Making his second to last pass during agricultural aerial application, the pilot pulled up out of the field. He rolled to the left then started to roll to the right when he heard a loud bang and experienced loss of engine power with oil spraying back on the windshield. Pilot made emergency landing on open level field. Upon reaching a muddy area, a/c flipped upside down and came to rest, subsequent investigaion revealed number one cylinder head had a non contained failure caused by piston coming in contact with cylinder head as a result of piston rod failure.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) MAKING HIS SECOND TO LAST PASS DURING AGRICULTURAL AERIAL APPLICATION, THE PILOT PULLED UP OUT OF THE FIELD. HE ROLLED TO THE LEFT THEN STARTED TO ROLL TO THE RIGHT WHEN HE HEARD A LOUD BANG AND EXPERIENCED LOSS OF ENGINE POWER WITH OIL SPRAYING BACK ON THE WINDSHIELD. PILOT MADE EMERGENCY LANDING ON OPEN LEVEL FIELD. UPON REACHING A MUDDY AREA, A/C FLIPPED UPSIDE DOWN AND CAME TO REST, SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGAION REVEALED NUMBER ONE CYLINDER HEAD HAD A NON CONTAINED FAILURE CAUSED BY PISTON COMING IN CONTACT WITH CYLINDER HEAD AS A RESULT OF PISTON ROD FAILURE.
NTSB investigation
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Other reports on N8981H · 1
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