What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
(-23) During a cross-country flight from ofk to sux at 3000 feet MSL, the pilot was switching fuel tanks when the engine lost power. The pilot tried to turn the fuel boost pump on but was unable to get any pressure. The pilot then started looking for someplace to land. While descending, the pilot realized he was not going to make an alfalfa field. He turned downwind and attempted an emergency landing on a hill of alfalfa. The aircraft touched down at the top of the field then became airborne touching down on the uphill traveling 345 feet before impacting a dirt berm and a fence. The aircraft became briefly airborne before coming to rest 111 feet into a cornfield. Damage to the aircraft consisted of the nose landing gear collapsed due to the drag link breaking during impact of the dirt berm, the left main landing gear drag link broke causing the gear to collapse, the left wing is damaged from the wing root to the wing tip and both the left and right leading edges damaged. The pilot, the sole occupant, was not injured and the aircraft was substantially damaged.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) DURING A CROSS-COUNTRY FLIGHT FROM OFK TO SUX AT 3000 FEET MSL, THE PILOT WAS SWITCHING FUEL TANKS WHEN THE ENGINE LOST POWER. THE PILOT TRIED TO TURN THE FUEL BOOST PUMP ON BUT WAS UNABLE TO GET ANY PRESSURE. THE PILOT THEN STARTED LOOKING FOR SOMEPLACE TO LAND. WHILE DESCENDING, THE PILOT REALIZED HE WAS NOT GOING TO MAKE AN ALFALFA FIELD. HE TURNED DOWNWIND AND ATTEMPTED AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON A HILL OF ALFALFA. THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN AT THE TOP OF THE FIELD THEN BECAME AIRBORNE TOUCHING DOWN ON THE UPHILL TRAVELING 345 FEET BEFORE IMPACTING A DIRT BERM AND A FENCE. THE AIRCRAFT BECAME BRIEFLY AIRBORNE BEFORE COMING TO REST 111 FEET INTO A CORNFIELD. DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT CONSISTED OF THE NOSE LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED DUE TO THE DRAG LINK BREAKING DURING IMPACT OF THE DIRT BERM, THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR DRAG LINK BROKE CAUSING THE GEAR TO COLLAPSE, THE LEFT WING IS DAMAGED FROM THE WING ROOT TO THE WING TIP AND BOTH THE LEFT AND RIGHT LEADING EDGES DAMAGED. THE PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT, WAS NOT INJURED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED.
NTSB investigation
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