What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
(-23) Interviewed two witnesses, a nine year old amish boy, privacy data omitted, and an amish woman, privacy data omitted. Both said the engine "sounded funny" and saw the aircraft west bound. They turned and heard an explosion and saw smoke but did not know what to do. The pilot privacy data omitted sustained fatal injuries following the crash and post crash fire. The wreckage was moved to the Indiana county (idi) airport and stored. On 7-27-07, I was joined by privacy data omitted, teledyne Continental motors, inc. air safety investigator at (idi) for engine inspection. His report is included. Control continuity was satisfactory and a review of themaintenance records was satisfactory.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) INTERVIEWED TWO WITNESSES, A NINE YEAR OLD AMISH BOY, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, AND AN AMISH WOMAN, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. BOTH SAID THE ENGINE "SOUNDED FUNNY" AND SAW THE AIRCRAFT WEST BOUND. THEY TURNED AND HEARD AN EXPLOSION AND SAW SMOKE BUT DID NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES FOLLOWING THE CRASH AND POST CRASH FIRE. THE WRECKAGE WAS MOVED TO THE INDIANA COUNTY (IDI) AIRPORT AND STORED. ON 7-27-07, I WAS JOINED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, TELEDYNE CONTINENTAL MOTORS, INC. AIR SAFETY INVESTIGATOR AT (IDI) FOR ENGINE INSPECTION. HIS REPORT IS INCLUDED. CONTROL CONTINUITY WAS SATISFACTORY AND A REVIEW OF THEMAINTENANCE RECORDS WAS SATISFACTORY.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.