What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
(-23) While in cruise near Locust Grove, OK, the pilot noticed fumes and the engine began operating rough. During a second glance of the engine instruments, the pilot noticed the oil pressure go to zero. At this point the aircraft was at about 1200 feet and the pilot elected to land in a cow pasture. The first mark on the pasture on a heading of 260 degrees, was from the nose wheel, and three feet later both mains contacted the ground. After 12 feet on the ground the nose fork broke off the strut. The aircraft traveled for about 78 feet and flipped over. There was no rotational scarring on the ground from the propeller. The pilot received a small cut over the right eye that required eight stitches and remained in the hospital overnight for observation. The passenger had minor cuts on the left knee. The belly and sides of the aircraft were covered with oil. Flight controls were intact, with continuity to the control surfaces. The vertical stab, rudder, and tail were bent and crushed. The engine firewall was buckled and the top left engine mount dogleg was broken. The skin of both wings was wrinkled and the outboard 18 inches of the right wing was crushed back into the wing spar.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) WHILE IN CRUISE NEAR LOCUST GROVE, OK, THE PILOT NOTICED FUMES AND THE ENGINE BEGAN OPERATING ROUGH. DURING A SECOND GLANCE OF THE ENGINE INSTRUMENTS, THE PILOT NOTICED THE OIL PRESSURE GO TO ZERO. AT THIS POINT THE AIRCRAFT WAS AT ABOUT 1200 FEET AND THE PILOT ELECTED TO LAND IN A COW PASTURE. THE FIRST MARK ON THE PASTURE ON A HEADING OF 260 DEGREES, WAS FROM THE NOSE WHEEL, AND THREE FEET LATER BOTH MAINS CONTACTED THE GROUND. AFTER 12 FEET ON THE GROUND THE NOSE FORK BROKE OFF THE STRUT. THE AIRCRAFT TRAVELED FOR ABOUT 78 FEET AND FLIPPED OVER. THERE WAS NO ROTATIONAL SCARRING ON THE GROUND FROM THE PROPELLER. THE PILOT RECEIVED A SMALL CUT OVER THE RIGHT EYE THAT REQUIRED EIGHT STITCHES AND REMAINED IN THE HOSPITAL OVERNIGHT FOR OBSERVATION. THE PASSENGER HAD MINOR CUTS ON THE LEFT KNEE. THE BELLY AND SIDES OF THE AIRCRAFT WERE COVERED WITH OIL. FLIGHT CONTROLS WERE INTACT, WITH CONTINUITY TO THE CONTROL SURFACES. THE VERTICAL STAB, RUDDER, AND TAIL WERE BENT AND CRUSHED. THE ENGINE FIREWALL WAS BUCKLED AND THE TOP LEFT ENGINE MOUNT DOGLEG WAS BROKEN. THE SKIN OF BOTH WINGS WAS WRINKLED AND THE OUTBOARD 18 INCHES OF THE RIGHT WING WAS CRUSHED BACK INTO THE WING SPAR.
NTSB investigation
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