What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
While in cruise flight the aircraft made a steep right hand turn into the terrain. While flying in formation with a wingman the pilot of command of that aircraft noticed the pilot shrug his left and then collapsed with in his shoulder harness restraint system. The pilot was not responding to radio transmission and no other movement was noticed for the duration of the 90 minute flight. The aircraft accented and descended many time during the flight then it finally went into high angle of bank right hand turn then plugged to the ground. The right hand wing contacted the ground then cartwheeled hitting the left wing. Both wnigs departed the fuselagethe airframe collapsed into the cockpit then flipping over on the nose the prop departed the engineassemble. The pilot was ejected out of the cockpit.
As the FAA filed it
WHILE IN CRUISE FLIGHT THE AIRCRAFT MADE A STEEP RIGHT HAND TURN INTO THE TERRAIN. WHILE FLYING IN FORMATION WITH A WINGMAN THE PILOT OF COMMAND OF THAT AIRCRAFT NOTICED THE PILOT SHRUG HIS LEFT AND THEN COLLAPSED WITH IN HIS SHOULDER HARNESS RESTRAINT SYSTEM. THE PILOT WAS NOT RESPONDING TO RADIO TRANSMISSION AND NO OTHER MOVEMENT WAS NOTICED FOR THE DURATION OF THE 90 MINUTE FLIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT ACCENTED AND DESCENDED MANY TIME DURING THE FLIGHT THEN IT FINALLY WENT INTO HIGH ANGLE OF BANK RIGHT HAND TURN THEN PLUGGED TO THE GROUND. THE RIGHT HAND WING CONTACTED THE GROUND THEN CARTWHEELED HITTING THE LEFT WING. BOTH WNIGS DEPARTED THE FUSELAGETHE AIRFRAME COLLAPSED INTO THE COCKPIT THEN FLIPPING OVER ON THE NOSE THE PROP DEPARTED THE ENGINEASSEMBLE. THE PILOT WAS EJECTED OUT OF THE COCKPIT.
NTSB investigation
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