What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
(-23) While on short final for landing, aircraft landed short of runway on airport access road and ran through closed gate in airport perimeter fence. Both wings completely severed from aircraft and nose gear partially collapsed rearward. Aircraft came to rest 3/4 inverted resting on left upper fuselage section. No injuries to pilot or passengers. Available information indicates aircraft was below max gross weight but substantially forward of allowable CG limit during entire flight. During aircraft recovery it was noted that fuel lines leading to gas collator contained fuel. Post accident engine test run was conducted with no anomalies or discrepancies in operation noted.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) WHILE ON SHORT FINAL FOR LANDING, AIRCRAFT LANDED SHORT OF RUNWAY ON AIRPORT ACCESS ROAD AND RAN THROUGH CLOSED GATE IN AIRPORT PERIMETER FENCE. BOTH WINGS COMPLETELY SEVERED FROM AIRCRAFT AND NOSE GEAR PARTIALLY COLLAPSED REARWARD. AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST 3/4 INVERTED RESTING ON LEFT UPPER FUSELAGE SECTION. NO INJURIES TO PILOT OR PASSENGERS. AVAILABLE INFORMATION INDICATES AIRCRAFT WAS BELOW MAX GROSS WEIGHT BUT SUBSTANTIALLY FORWARD OF ALLOWABLE CG LIMIT DURING ENTIRE FLIGHT. DURING AIRCRAFT RECOVERY IT WAS NOTED THAT FUEL LINES LEADING TO GAS COLLATOR CONTAINED FUEL. POST ACCIDENT ENGINE TEST RUN WAS CONDUCTED WITH NO ANOMALIES OR DISCREPANCIES IN OPERATION NOTED.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.