What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
(-23) Airport security tape shows the pilot privacy data omitted and his wife at airport at 7:30. The pilot privacy data omitted did six or seven high speed taxi down the runway. At 7:53 the pilot privacy data omitted lifted off runway 17 of Dickson airport. At 7:55 privacy data omitted is seen on the video getting upset. privacy data omitted Said later that the pilot privacy data omitted made a right step turn then disappeared followed by smoke. This was the first flight of the homebuilt N194DM. On site I found the right wing hit a tree off the right end of the runway. The aircraft hit the top of the tree about 60 feet from the ground. Then went through power lines to the right of the tree. Impacted inverted on the ground. The aircraft was on fire. Another tree next to where the aircraft crashed had burn mark on the leafs 50 to 60 feet up the tree. The cabin was destroyed by fire. The main spar was burnt into in the cabin area. Cables were burnt and starting to come unwound. The left wing was folded under the aircraft. The control service from the wings and tail section was intact. The three bladed prop. The pilot privacy data omitted had spent the last two years building this aircraft.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) AIRPORT SECURITY TAPE SHOWS THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND HIS WIFE AT AIRPORT AT 7:30. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DID SIX OR SEVEN HIGH SPEED TAXI DOWN THE RUNWAY. AT 7:53 THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ LIFTED OFF RUNWAY 17 OF DICKSON AIRPORT. AT 7:55 ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ IS SEEN ON THE VIDEO GETTING UPSET. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SAID LATER THAT THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ MADE A RIGHT STEP TURN THEN DISAPPEARED FOLLOWED BY SMOKE. THIS WAS THE FIRST FLIGHT OF THE HOMEBUILT N194DM. ON SITE I FOUND THE RIGHT WING HIT A TREE OFF THE RIGHT END OF THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT HIT THE TOP OF THE TREE ABOUT 60 FEET FROM THE GROUND. THEN WENT THROUGH POWER LINES TO THE RIGHT OF THE TREE. IMPACTED INVERTED ON THE GROUND. THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON FIRE. ANOTHER TREE NEXT TO WHERE THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED HAD BURN MARK ON THE LEAFS 50 TO 60 FEET UP THE TREE. THE CABIN WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE. THE MAIN SPAR WAS BURNT INTO IN THE CABIN AREA. CABLES WERE BURNT AND STARTING TO COME UNWOUND. THE LEFT WING WAS FOLDED UNDER THE AIRCRAFT. THE CONTROL SERVICE FROM THE WINGS AND TAIL SECTION WAS INTACT. THE THREE BLADED PROP. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HAD SPENT THE LAST TWO YEARS BUILDING THIS AIRCRAFT.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.