What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Aircraft lost power takeoff landed in trees at end of airport. The pilot head fueled and sumped the aircraft prior to flight. Water was found and drains were sumped until clear fuel. Post accident found water and other brown sludge in header tank in pod. Aircraft has STC kit for large tires and bigger nose fork. This cause the aircraft to appear to sit lower and may have allowed wataer to be further back in tank and not allowed to be sumped out by pilot.
As the FAA filed it
AIRCRAFT LOST POWER TAKEOFF LANDED IN TREES AT END OF AIRPORT. THE PILOT HEAD FUELED AND SUMPED THE AIRCRAFT PRIOR TO FLIGHT. WATER WAS FOUND AND DRAINS WERE SUMPED UNTIL CLEAR FUEL. POST ACCIDENT FOUND WATER AND OTHER BROWN SLUDGE IN HEADER TANK IN POD. AIRCRAFT HAS STC KIT FOR LARGE TIRES AND BIGGER NOSE FORK. THIS CAUSE THE AIRCRAFT TO APPEAR TO SIT LOWER AND MAY HAVE ALLOWED WATAER TO BE FURTHER BACK IN TANK AND NOT ALLOWED TO BE SUMPED OUT BY PILOT.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.