What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
(-23) The pilot privacy data omitted arrived at middlesboro, KY on March 13, 2008 to pick up his aircraft after engine overhaul. After take-off the aircraft experienced a loss of power and attempted to make an emergency landing. The aircraft contacted three tension power lines and landed inverted. Aircraft damage was substantial and the pilot was airlifted to university of Tennessee medical center with serious head injuries but non life threatening. On March 14, 2008 privacy data omitted arrived at the scene of the accident. The blue and white C150F (N6651F) was upside down lying in the middle of a gravel road near the top of a mountain. The aircraft fuselage was longitudinally laying in a NE to se direction approximately 100 ft west of some power lines. The Kentucky state police had secured the scene, taken photographs of the wreckage, and taken four witness statements. The FAA completed their initial on site investigation and with the concurrence of the NTSB released the aircraft to the pilot's privacy data omitted family. He did not have insurance on the aircraft. On April 23, a representative from Continental will disassemble the engine. Amended -23 to follow. (-23 amendment) on March 13, 2008 at 1520 eastern daylight time, a Cessna 150F, N6651F, contacted power lines and impacted the ground. The aircraft was attempting to make an off airport emergency landing after engine failure preceding a takeoff and climb. The aircraft impacted the ground with a high angle and came to rest inverted approximately five miles from the departure airport. The aircraft sustained severe damage from impact forces with no post crash fire. The pilot,privacy data omitted of the aircraft, received serious injuries and was airlifted to the university of Tennessee medical center. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the personal flight that originated from middleborough, KY airport and was operated under provisions of 14 CFR part 91. Federal aviation administration (FAA) personnel conducted the on scene investigation and released the aircraft to the family under the guidance of the national transporation safety board (NTSB). On April 23, 2008 representatives from teledyne Continental motors and Cessna aircraft company conducted an inspection of the aircraft and engine under the oversight of the local FAA.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ARRIVED AT MIDDLESBORO, KY ON MARCH 13, 2008 TO PICK UP HIS AIRCRAFT AFTER ENGINE OVERHAUL. AFTER TAKE-OFF THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF POWER AND ATTEMPTED TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTED THREE TENSION POWER LINES AND LANDED INVERTED. AIRCRAFT DAMAGE WAS SUBSTANTIAL AND THE PILOT WAS AIRLIFTED TO UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE MEDICAL CENTER WITH SERIOUS HEAD INJURIES BUT NON LIFE THREATENING. ON MARCH 14, 2008 ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ARRIVED AT THE SCENE OF THE ACCIDENT. THE BLUE AND WHITE C150F (N6651F) WAS UPSIDE DOWN LYING IN THE MIDDLE OF A GRAVEL ROAD NEAR THE TOP OF A MOUNTAIN. THE AIRCRAFT FUSELAGE WAS LONGITUDINALLY LAYING IN A NE TO SE DIRECTION APPROXIMATELY 100 FT WEST OF SOME POWER LINES. THE KENTUCKY STATE POLICE HAD SECURED THE SCENE, TAKEN PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE WRECKAGE, AND TAKEN FOUR WITNESS STATEMENTS. THE FAA COMPLETED THEIR INITIAL ON SITE INVESTIGATION AND WITH THE CONCURRENCE OF THE NTSB RELEASED THE AIRCRAFT TO THE PILOT'S ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ FAMILY. HE DID NOT HAVE INSURANCE ON THE AIRCRAFT. ON APRIL 23, A REPRESENTATIVE FROM CONTINENTAL WILL DISASSEMBLE THE ENGINE. AMENDED -23 TO FOLLOW. (-23 AMENDMENT) ON MARCH 13, 2008 AT 1520 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 150F, N6651F, CONTACTED POWER LINES AND IMPACTED THE GROUND. THE AIRCRAFT WAS ATTEMPTING TO MAKE AN OFF AIRPORT EMERGENCY LANDING AFTER ENGINE FAILURE PRECEDING A TAKEOFF AND CLIMB. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND WITH A HIGH ANGLE AND CAME TO REST INVERTED APPROXIMATELY FIVE MILES FROM THE DEPARTURE AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SEVERE DAMAGE FROM IMPACT FORCES WITH NO POST CRASH FIRE. THE PILOT,^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ OF THE AIRCRAFT, RECEIVED SERIOUS INJURIES AND WAS AIRLIFTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE MEDICAL CENTER. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED FOR THE PERSONAL FLIGHT THAT ORIGINATED FROM MIDDLEBOROUGH, KY AIRPORT AND WAS OPERATED UNDER PROVISIONS OF 14 CFR PART 91. FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION (FAA) PERSONNEL CONDUCTED THE ON SCENE INVESTIGATION AND RELEASED THE AIRCRAFT TO THE FAMILY UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF THE NATIONAL TRANSPORATION SAFETY BOARD (NTSB). ON APRIL 23, 2008 REPRESENTATIVES FROM TELEDYNE CONTINENTAL MOTORS AND CESSNA AIRCRAFT COMPANY CONDUCTED AN INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT AND ENGINE UNDER THE OVERSIGHT OF THE LOCAL FAA.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.