What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
(-23) On June 12, 2009 at approximately 06:05MST the pilot performed an uneventful emergency off airport landing on Arizona state route 264 near Polacca, AZ due to loss of engine oil pressure. Subsequently the pilot serviced the engine with automotive oil and took a t-shirt, "rolled it up and stuck it in the filler tube a good four (4) inches, then folded it around the outside of the tube and wrapped safety wire around it. Then he took pieces of duct tape wrapped it around the tube going all directions". The pilot then convinced the police officers on scene that if they would block the traffic on Arizona state route 264 that he would takeoff from the highway. The pilot then attempted to takeoff from Arizona state route 264 where the right wing tip impacted a road sign shearing off approximatelly 3 feet of the right wing. The left wing impacted the top of a police car which sheared off some antennas of the police car before flipping the aircraft over as it departed the roadway down an embankment causing substantial damage to the aircraft. The distance from the start of the takeoff roll to the impact point was approximately 3000 feet.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) ON JUNE 12, 2009 AT APPROXIMATELY 06:05MST THE PILOT PERFORMED AN UNEVENTFUL EMERGENCY OFF AIRPORT LANDING ON ARIZONA STATE ROUTE 264 NEAR POLACCA, AZ DUE TO LOSS OF ENGINE OIL PRESSURE. SUBSEQUENTLY THE PILOT SERVICED THE ENGINE WITH AUTOMOTIVE OIL AND TOOK A T-SHIRT, "ROLLED IT UP AND STUCK IT IN THE FILLER TUBE A GOOD FOUR (4) INCHES, THEN FOLDED IT AROUND THE OUTSIDE OF THE TUBE AND WRAPPED SAFETY WIRE AROUND IT. THEN HE TOOK PIECES OF DUCT TAPE WRAPPED IT AROUND THE TUBE GOING ALL DIRECTIONS". THE PILOT THEN CONVINCED THE POLICE OFFICERS ON SCENE THAT IF THEY WOULD BLOCK THE TRAFFIC ON ARIZONA STATE ROUTE 264 THAT HE WOULD TAKEOFF FROM THE HIGHWAY. THE PILOT THEN ATTEMPTED TO TAKEOFF FROM ARIZONA STATE ROUTE 264 WHERE THE RIGHT WING TIP IMPACTED A ROAD SIGN SHEARING OFF APPROXIMATELLY 3 FEET OF THE RIGHT WING. THE LEFT WING IMPACTED THE TOP OF A POLICE CAR WHICH SHEARED OFF SOME ANTENNAS OF THE POLICE CAR BEFORE FLIPPING THE AIRCRAFT OVER AS IT DEPARTED THE ROADWAY DOWN AN EMBANKMENT CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. THE DISTANCE FROM THE START OF THE TAKEOFF ROLL TO THE IMPACT POINT WAS APPROXIMATELY 3000 FEET.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.