What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
(-23) An amateur-build Lancair 4-P, registration number N241DM, piloted by privacy data omitted departed denison, IA enroute to louisville, KY. The flight was conducted under instrument flight rules. The pilot received a weather briefing from locheed martin services, fort worth hub at about 17:50 gmt (11:50 CDT). The briefer advised privacy data omitted of severe weather and a tornado watch area along his flight path. In the area northeast of new Douglas, IL the aircraft entered an area of severe weather and began to break up in air. The aircraft impacted the earth south of new Douglas, IL on leuscher rd between rockwell and wernle roads. The inflight break up of the aircraft left a trail of debris for a distance of at least four miles in a northeasterly direction from the aircraft. Neither wing of the aircraft nor the empannage of the aircraft were at the point of impact. The right wing and rudder were found about 4100 feet NE of the airplane. No discernable piece of the left wing was found except at about 2/3 of the spar was still attached to the fuselage. privacy data omitted Flight hours were obtained from his FAA medical database and current as of October 2006.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) AN AMATEUR-BUILD LANCAIR 4-P, REGISTRATION NUMBER N241DM, PILOTED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DEPARTED DENISON, IA ENROUTE TO LOUISVILLE, KY. THE FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED UNDER INSTRUMENT FLIGHT RULES. THE PILOT RECEIVED A WEATHER BRIEFING FROM LOCHEED MARTIN SERVICES, FORT WORTH HUB AT ABOUT 17:50 GMT (11:50 CDT). THE BRIEFER ADVISED ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ OF SEVERE WEATHER AND A TORNADO WATCH AREA ALONG HIS FLIGHT PATH. IN THE AREA NORTHEAST OF NEW DOUGLAS, IL THE AIRCRAFT ENTERED AN AREA OF SEVERE WEATHER AND BEGAN TO BREAK UP IN AIR. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE EARTH SOUTH OF NEW DOUGLAS, IL ON LEUSCHER RD BETWEEN ROCKWELL AND WERNLE ROADS. THE INFLIGHT BREAK UP OF THE AIRCRAFT LEFT A TRAIL OF DEBRIS FOR A DISTANCE OF AT LEAST FOUR MILES IN A NORTHEASTERLY DIRECTION FROM THE AIRCRAFT. NEITHER WING OF THE AIRCRAFT NOR THE EMPANNAGE OF THE AIRCRAFT WERE AT THE POINT OF IMPACT. THE RIGHT WING AND RUDDER WERE FOUND ABOUT 4100 FEET NE OF THE AIRPLANE. NO DISCERNABLE PIECE OF THE LEFT WING WAS FOUND EXCEPT AT ABOUT 2/3 OF THE SPAR WAS STILL ATTACHED TO THE FUSELAGE. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ FLIGHT HOURS WERE OBTAINED FROM HIS FAA MEDICAL DATABASE AND CURRENT AS OF OCTOBER 2006.
NTSB investigation
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