What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
(-23) Aircraft departed, dayton, oh at 14:00 hours on 10/10/2008 with two souls onboard with a destination of, Hilton Head, SC. At about 15:30 to 16:00 the pilot reported that the engine sputtered for a minute and cleared up. At 18:10 the aircraft engine sputtered and lost power. The pilot reported to ATC that the aircraft was out of fuel. The pilot elected to land in a pasture. On a southern approach to the pasture, the aircraft hit two trees, breaking off the top ten feet of the trees then hit two power lines. The aircraft continued about 67 feet and impacted the ground with the left wing tip and the nose gear. The aircraft continued sliding on the ground for another 30 feet, coming to a rest on a heading of 102 degrees. The outboard six feet of the left wing is broken. The left axle is sheared off. The nose gear is separated from the aircraft. The left wing leading edge is ripped open up to and in line with the fuel filler. The fire wall and the bottom of the fuselage is bent and distorted, the pilots floor and structure is bent and buckled. A prop blade is bent aft and shows no signs of rotational scratching. Both left and right stabilator leading edges has damage. No evidence of fuel was found in the tanks or on the ground.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED, DAYTON, OH AT 14:00 HOURS ON 10/10/2008 WITH TWO SOULS ONBOARD WITH A DESTINATION OF, HILTON HEAD, SC. AT ABOUT 15:30 TO 16:00 THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE ENGINE SPUTTERED FOR A MINUTE AND CLEARED UP. AT 18:10 THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE SPUTTERED AND LOST POWER. THE PILOT REPORTED TO ATC THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS OUT OF FUEL. THE PILOT ELECTED TO LAND IN A PASTURE. ON A SOUTHERN APPROACH TO THE PASTURE, THE AIRCRAFT HIT TWO TREES, BREAKING OFF THE TOP TEN FEET OF THE TREES THEN HIT TWO POWER LINES. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED ABOUT 67 FEET AND IMPACTED THE GROUND WITH THE LEFT WING TIP AND THE NOSE GEAR. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED SLIDING ON THE GROUND FOR ANOTHER 30 FEET, COMING TO A REST ON A HEADING OF 102 DEGREES. THE OUTBOARD SIX FEET OF THE LEFT WING IS BROKEN. THE LEFT AXLE IS SHEARED OFF. THE NOSE GEAR IS SEPARATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT. THE LEFT WING LEADING EDGE IS RIPPED OPEN UP TO AND IN LINE WITH THE FUEL FILLER. THE FIRE WALL AND THE BOTTOM OF THE FUSELAGE IS BENT AND DISTORTED, THE PILOTS FLOOR AND STRUCTURE IS BENT AND BUCKLED. A PROP BLADE IS BENT AFT AND SHOWS NO SIGNS OF ROTATIONAL SCRATCHING. BOTH LEFT AND RIGHT STABILATOR LEADING EDGES HAS DAMAGE. NO EVIDENCE OF FUEL WAS FOUND IN THE TANKS OR ON THE GROUND.
NTSB investigation
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