What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
(-23) The pilot privacy data omitted ^ was enroute from dallas, Texas, to salida, Colorado, in his personal aircraft, a RV-6A. He stopped at Trinidad, Colorado, for fuel and to check the weather because there were thunderstorms in the area. He left Trinidad and encountered storms that he could not get around and decided to return ot the Trinidad perry stokes airport (tad). The pilot privacy data omitted ^ stated there was lightning and gusty winds in the area of the airport. On final the pilot privacy data omitted ^ stated that the speed on final approach was fast and that the airplane "coasted" over the runway until it was hit with a strong gust of wind from the right side. The left main wheel contacted the runway and the airplane bounced. The pilot privacy data omitted ^ tried to go around but the aircraft weather vaned into the wind and he lost control. The pilot privacy data omitted ^ stated that the airplane hit the ground on the nose gear, skidded and then flipped over. A witness, the airport manager stated that he heard the engine sound and looked at the aircraft and saw it in a nose high, stalled attitide about twenty feet over runway 21. He said that the aircraft then rotated to the right until inverted and then crashed upside down. The pilot privacy data omitted ^ was not injured.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) THE PILOT ^PRIVACY ^ WAS ENROUTE FROM DALLAS, TEXAS, TO SALIDA, COLORADO, IN HIS PERSONAL AIRCRAFT, A RV-6A. HE STOPPED AT TRINIDAD, COLORADO, FOR FUEL AND TO CHECK THE WEATHER BECAUSE THERE WERE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AREA. HE LEFT TRINIDAD AND ENCOUNTERED STORMS THAT HE COULD NOT GET AROUND AND DECIDED TO RETURN OT THE TRINIDAD PERRY STOKES AIRPORT (TAD). THE PILOT ^PRIVACY ^ STATED THERE WAS LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS IN THE AREA OF THE AIRPORT. ON FINAL THE PILOT ^PRIVACY ^ STATED THAT THE SPEED ON FINAL APPROACH WAS FAST AND THAT THE AIRPLANE "COASTED" OVER THE RUNWAY UNTIL IT WAS HIT WITH A STRONG GUST OF WIND FROM THE RIGHT SIDE. THE LEFT MAIN WHEEL CONTACTED THE RUNWAY AND THE AIRPLANE BOUNCED. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY ^ TRIED TO GO AROUND BUT THE AIRCRAFT WEATHER VANED INTO THE WIND AND HE LOST CONTROL. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY ^ STATED THAT THE AIRPLANE HIT THE GROUND ON THE NOSE GEAR, SKIDDED AND THEN FLIPPED OVER. A WITNESS, THE AIRPORT MANAGER STATED THAT HE HEARD THE ENGINE SOUND AND LOOKED AT THE AIRCRAFT AND SAW IT IN A NOSE HIGH, STALLED ATTITIDE ABOUT TWENTY FEET OVER RUNWAY 21. HE SAID THAT THE AIRCRAFT THEN ROTATED TO THE RIGHT UNTIL INVERTED AND THEN CRASHED UPSIDE DOWN. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY ^ WAS NOT INJURED.
NTSB investigation
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