What happened
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(-23) Aircraft departed Bloomfield Municipal Airport at approximately 09:30 on runway 18. An eyewitness stated that just as the aircraft took off, the oil door on the top of the cowling popped open. The aircraft was observed to make a shallow turn to the right and proceed in a southwesterly direction but did not climb above 100 or 200 feet AGL. Three witnesses observed the aircraft in a left turn in what appeared to be an attempt to return to the airport. Two of the witnesses continued to observe the aircraft as it turned and stated that the aircraft abruptly went hard over resulting in the wings being vertical to the ground then went into a nose dive. A fourth witness's attention was drawn to the aircraft due to a sudden application of power, at which time this witness described the same aircraft movements as the other witnesses. The aircraft impacted the ground in a steep nose-down attitude approximately one-half mile south of Bloomfield airport. The wreckage came to rest 69.5 feet from the initial impact. The passenger received fatal injuries; the pilot serious injuries. Aircraft was destroyed.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED BLOOMFIELD MUNICIPAL AIRPORT AT APPROXIMATELY 09:30 ON RUNWAY 18. AN EYEWITNESS STATED THAT JUST AS THE AIRCRAFT TOOK OFF, THE OIL DOOR ON THE TOP OF THE COWLING POPPED OPEN. THE AIRCRAFT WAS OBSERVED TO MAKE A SHALLOW TURN TO THE RIGHT AND PROCEED IN A SOUTHWESTERLY DIRECTION BUT DID NOT CLIMB ABOVE 100 OR 200 FEET AGL. THREE WITNESSES OBSERVED THE AIRCRAFT IN A LEFT TURN IN WHAT APPEARED TO BE AN ATTEMPT TO RETURN TO THE AIRPORT. TWO OF THE WITNESSES CONTINUED TO OBSERVE THE AIRCRAFT AS IT TURNED AND STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT ABRUPTLY WENT HARD OVER RESULTING IN THE WINGS BEING VERTICAL TO THE GROUND THEN WENT INTO A NOSE DIVE. A FOURTH WITNESS'S ATTENTION WAS DRAWN TO THE AIRCRAFT DUE TO A SUDDEN APPLICATION OF POWER, AT WHICH TIME THIS WITNESS DESCRIBED THE SAME AIRCRAFT MOVEMENTS AS THE OTHER WITNESSES. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND IN A STEEP NOSE-DOWN ATTITUDE APPROXIMATELY ONE-HALF MILE SOUTH OF BLOOMFIELD AIRPORT. THE WRECKAGE CAME TO REST 69.5 FEET FROM THE INITIAL IMPACT. THE PASSENGER RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES; THE PILOT SERIOUS INJURIES. AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED.
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