What happened
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(-23) Aircraft departed runway 18 at Aurora municipal airport (2H2) on an IFR flight plan with destination to Kentucky dam state park airport (M34). Following takeoff, the aircraft impacted the terrain in a nose down/left wing down attitude approximately 1/2 mile from the end of rwy 18. Visual meteorological conditions with gusty winds were reported at the time of the accident. The surviving passenger reported that after liftoff, the airplane's stall alarm sounded twice before the right wing went high and the nose went down. privacy data omitted (-23 Amendment) aircraft departed runway 18 at jerry sumners sr. Aurora municipal airport (2H2) on an IFR flight plan to the Kentucky dam state park airport (M34) with pilot and three passengers. Following takeoff and on the initial climb, the aircraft passed over a tree line located just beyond the south airport boundary, and then impacted the ground in a nose down/left wing down attitude approximately one-half mile from the departure end of the runway. Visual meteorological conditions with gusty winds were reported at the time of the accident. The sole surviving passenger stated that after l iftoff and as the airplane passed over the trees, that the airplane's stall alarm sounded twice before the right wing suddenly rose and the nose went down. At impact the airplane was configured with wing flaps retracted and landing gear extended. privacy data omitted
As the FAA filed it
(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED RUNWAY 18 AT AURORA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (2H2) ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN WITH DESTINATION TO KENTUCKY DAM STATE PARK AIRPORT (M34). FOLLOWING TAKEOFF, THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE TERRAIN IN A NOSE DOWN/LEFT WING DOWN ATTITUDE APPROXIMATELY 1/2 MILE FROM THE END OF RWY 18. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS WITH GUSTY WINDS WERE REPORTED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE SURVIVING PASSENGER REPORTED THAT AFTER LIFTOFF, THE AIRPLANE'S STALL ALARM SOUNDED TWICE BEFORE THE RIGHT WING WENT HIGH AND THE NOSE WENT DOWN. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ (-23 AMENDMENT) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED RUNWAY 18 AT JERRY SUMNERS SR. AURORA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (2H2) ON AN IFR FLIGHT PLAN TO THE KENTUCKY DAM STATE PARK AIRPORT (M34) WITH PILOT AND THREE PASSENGERS. FOLLOWING TAKEOFF AND ON THE INITIAL CLIMB, THE AIRCRAFT PASSED OVER A TREE LINE LOCATED JUST BEYOND THE SOUTH AIRPORT BOUNDARY, AND THEN IMPACTED THE GROUND IN A NOSE DOWN/LEFT WING DOWN ATTITUDE APPROXIMATELY ONE-HALF MILE FROM THE DEPARTURE END OF THE RUNWAY. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS WITH GUSTY WINDS WERE REPORTED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE SOLE SURVIVING PASSENGER STATED THAT AFTER L IFTOFF AND AS THE AIRPLANE PASSED OVER THE TREES, THAT THE AIRPLANE'S STALL ALARM SOUNDED TWICE BEFORE THE RIGHT WING SUDDENLY ROSE AND THE NOSE WENT DOWN. AT IMPACT THE AIRPLANE WAS CONFIGURED WITH WING FLAPS RETRACTED AND LANDING GEAR EXTENDED. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^
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