What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
(-23) During take off roll with flaps fully retracted from a corn field and through a parking lot the airplane struck a wood post with the left wing 2.5 feet inboard from the wing tip. The aircraft veered left but continued on, dragging the tail during rotation. The airplane was climbing at steep angle of attack and subsequently the damaged left wing stalled resulting in a collision with power line cable and then the ground. The pilot received fatal injuries and the airplane was destroyed. The accident location was Henderson, west Virginia. The pilot had made an off-airport landing two days prior do to running out of fuel unbeknownst to the FAA.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) DURING TAKE OFF ROLL WITH FLAPS FULLY RETRACTED FROM A CORN FIELD AND THROUGH A PARKING LOT THE AIRPLANE STRUCK A WOOD POST WITH THE LEFT WING 2.5 FEET INBOARD FROM THE WING TIP. THE AIRCRAFT VEERED LEFT BUT CONTINUED ON, DRAGGING THE TAIL DURING ROTATION. THE AIRPLANE WAS CLIMBING AT STEEP ANGLE OF ATTACK AND SUBSEQUENTLY THE DAMAGED LEFT WING STALLED RESULTING IN A COLLISION WITH POWER LINE CABLE AND THEN THE GROUND. THE PILOT RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES AND THE AIRPLANE WAS DESTROYED. THE ACCIDENT LOCATION WAS HENDERSON, WEST VIRGINIA. THE PILOT HAD MADE AN OFF-AIRPORT LANDING TWO DAYS PRIOR DO TO RUNNING OUT OF FUEL UNBEKNOWNST TO THE FAA.
NTSB investigation
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