What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Aircraft departed bryce canyon airport with 2 occupants, intending to fly over mount dutton enroute to page Arizona. Aircraft flew into a narrow canyon westbound and impacted 30 foot tall trees before impacting the ground in a steeply nose down attitude, slightly left wing low. Impact point was steep terrain on the south slope of the canyon. Aircraft was configured with flaps up, mixture rich, throttle out, tachometer 500 RPM with a slap mark at 300 RPM. Prop damage and tree damage indicated engine was running at time of impact. The impact point was at approx. 10,000 MSL.
As the FAA filed it
AIRCRAFT DEPARTED BRYCE CANYON AIRPORT WITH 2 OCCUPANTS, INTENDING TO FLY OVER MOUNT DUTTON ENROUTE TO PAGE ARIZONA. AIRCRAFT FLEW INTO A NARROW CANYON WESTBOUND AND IMPACTED 30 FOOT TALL TREES BEFORE IMPACTING THE GROUND IN A STEEPLY NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE, SLIGHTLY LEFT WING LOW. IMPACT POINT WAS STEEP TERRAIN ON THE SOUTH SLOPE OF THE CANYON. AIRCRAFT WAS CONFIGURED WITH FLAPS UP, MIXTURE RICH, THROTTLE OUT, TACHOMETER 500 RPM WITH A SLAP MARK AT 300 RPM. PROP DAMAGE AND TREE DAMAGE INDICATED ENGINE WAS RUNNING AT TIME OF IMPACT. THE IMPACT POINT WAS AT APPROX. 10,000 MSL.
NTSB investigation
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