What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
On may 22, 2009 at approx 12:20 local time N7056U an M-18 dromander agricultural aircraft crashed on takeoff. After making numerous takeoffs to the north the pilot privacy data omitted opted to takeoff to the south in response to a wind shift. On takeoff with a full fuel load and load of fertilizer aircraft struck an irrigation pivot well head located just off the end of the runway with prop and lower fuselage impacting ground shortly after. Aircraft received substantial damage, pilot only received minor injuries. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the tie and no VFR flight pan had been filed.
As the FAA filed it
ON MAY 22, 2009 AT APPROX 12:20 LOCAL TIME N7056U AN M-18 DROMANDER AGRICULTURAL AIRCRAFT CRASHED ON TAKEOFF. AFTER MAKING NUMEROUS TAKEOFFS TO THE NORTH THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ OPTED TO TAKEOFF TO THE SOUTH IN RESPONSE TO A WIND SHIFT. ON TAKEOFF WITH A FULL FUEL LOAD AND LOAD OF FERTILIZER AIRCRAFT STRUCK AN IRRIGATION PIVOT WELL HEAD LOCATED JUST OFF THE END OF THE RUNWAY WITH PROP AND LOWER FUSELAGE IMPACTING GROUND SHORTLY AFTER. AIRCRAFT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, PILOT ONLY RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIE AND NO VFR FLIGHT PAN HAD BEEN FILED.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.