What happened
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Pilot conrad mcgreal filed a flight plan for 4.5 hours of flying and reported 5.5 hours fuel onboard. Pilot preflighted the aircraft and believed the fuel tanks were full. Pilot was not aware that aircraft had flown 1.1 hours earlier in the day. At 4.5 tach hours into the flight the aircraft engine quit 8 mile short of runway 03 at pdx. Pilot able to momentaryily restart engine but could not keep running. Pilot was over hilly residential area with lots of trees. He selected a school soccer and baseball field for and emergency landing, he came in over tall trees and a baseball backstop and landed in a area with a steep upslope at the edge of the field. The aircraft impacted the upslope at a high rate of speed removing the nose landing gear and impacting the propeller and lower forward belly resulting in substanial damage to the prop cowling, engine mounts, firewall and rudder. Witness and first responders indicated no smell of fuel in the area and pilot stated he thought he had 5 gallon of fuel remaining.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT CONRAD MCGREAL FILED A FLIGHT PLAN FOR 4.5 HOURS OF FLYING AND REPORTED 5.5 HOURS FUEL ONBOARD. PILOT PREFLIGHTED THE AIRCRAFT AND BELIEVED THE FUEL TANKS WERE FULL. PILOT WAS NOT AWARE THAT AIRCRAFT HAD FLOWN 1.1 HOURS EARLIER IN THE DAY. AT 4.5 TACH HOURS INTO THE FLIGHT THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE QUIT 8 MILE SHORT OF RUNWAY 03 AT PDX. PILOT ABLE TO MOMENTARYILY RESTART ENGINE BUT COULD NOT KEEP RUNNING. PILOT WAS OVER HILLY RESIDENTIAL AREA WITH LOTS OF TREES. HE SELECTED A SCHOOL SOCCER AND BASEBALL FIELD FOR AND EMERGENCY LANDING, HE CAME IN OVER TALL TREES AND A BASEBALL BACKSTOP AND LANDED IN A AREA WITH A STEEP UPSLOPE AT THE EDGE OF THE FIELD. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE UPSLOPE AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED REMOVING THE NOSE LANDING GEAR AND IMPACTING THE PROPELLER AND LOWER FORWARD BELLY RESULTING IN SUBSTANIAL DAMAGE TO THE PROP COWLING, ENGINE MOUNTS, FIREWALL AND RUDDER. WITNESS AND FIRST RESPONDERS INDICATED NO SMELL OF FUEL IN THE AREA AND PILOT STATED HE THOUGHT HE HAD 5 GALLON OF FUEL REMAINING.
NTSB investigation
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