What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Unintended contact with former pineapple field at 120 knots, level attitude. One wooded prop severed causing imbalance to engine which then tore loose from its mounts and continued a forward trajectory of approximately 300 feet past the airframe which decelareted rapidly into a nose down position. Wings were heavily loaded with resulting cracks on the upper and lower skin. Main spars, cockpit, fuselage all were unaffected. Main landing gear ripped from wheel wells.
As the FAA filed it
UNINTENDED CONTACT WITH FORMER PINEAPPLE FIELD AT 120 KNOTS, LEVEL ATTITUDE. ONE WOODED PROP SEVERED CAUSING IMBALANCE TO ENGINE WHICH THEN TORE LOOSE FROM ITS MOUNTS AND CONTINUED A FORWARD TRAJECTORY OF APPROXIMATELY 300 FEET PAST THE AIRFRAME WHICH DECELARETED RAPIDLY INTO A NOSE DOWN POSITION. WINGS WERE HEAVILY LOADED WITH RESULTING CRACKS ON THE UPPER AND LOWER SKIN. MAIN SPARS, COCKPIT, FUSELAGE ALL WERE UNAFFECTED. MAIN LANDING GEAR RIPPED FROM WHEEL WELLS.
NTSB investigation
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