What happened
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(-23) Airman departed jbr on an IFR personal flight to hzr with 4 passengers. Pilot canceled IFR n of the airport and radar plots show an entry and completion of a left traffic pattern and approach to the airport. The same radar plots were reviewed and accuracy determined to be laterally +/- 100 feet by the NTSB in Washington DC. The track of the aircraft does not indicate the aircraft was aligned with the runway centerline after turning final and to the point of last radar target plot. The aircraft was observed pulling into a nose high and subsequent left bank, followed by striking the ground and bursting into flames with the tail of the aircraft in the vertical position (a/c longitudinal axis 90 degrees to the horizon). Review of the wreckage indicate a near vertical impact substaniating these witnesses. The aircraft was destroyed.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) AIRMAN DEPARTED JBR ON AN IFR PERSONAL FLIGHT TO HZR WITH 4 PASSENGERS. PILOT CANCELED IFR N OF THE AIRPORT AND RADAR PLOTS SHOW AN ENTRY AND COMPLETION OF A LEFT TRAFFIC PATTERN AND APPROACH TO THE AIRPORT. THE SAME RADAR PLOTS WERE REVIEWED AND ACCURACY DETERMINED TO BE LATERALLY +/- 100 FEET BY THE NTSB IN WASHINGTON DC. THE TRACK OF THE AIRCRAFT DOES NOT INDICATE THE AIRCRAFT WAS ALIGNED WITH THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE AFTER TURNING FINAL AND TO THE POINT OF LAST RADAR TARGET PLOT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS OBSERVED PULLING INTO A NOSE HIGH AND SUBSEQUENT LEFT BANK, FOLLOWED BY STRIKING THE GROUND AND BURSTING INTO FLAMES WITH THE TAIL OF THE AIRCRAFT IN THE VERTICAL POSITION (A/C LONGITUDINAL AXIS 90 DEGREES TO THE HORIZON). REVIEW OF THE WRECKAGE INDICATE A NEAR VERTICAL IMPACT SUBSTANIATING THESE WITNESSES. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED.
NTSB investigation
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