What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
While enroute to wiley post airport (kpwa), pilot stated to fort worth center that he was having landing gear extension problems. Fort worth center instructed pilot to climb and maintain 3000' altitude. Shortly after climbing to 3000' the aircraft climbed to 3300' and abruptly decended verticaly into the ground. While the aircraft was totally destroyed and the wreckage was largely consumed by post crash fire, continuity of major control surfaces was observed, and landing gear control box indicated that the landing gear was in the retract position.
As the FAA filed it
WHILE ENROUTE TO WILEY POST AIRPORT (KPWA), PILOT STATED TO FORT WORTH CENTER THAT HE WAS HAVING LANDING GEAR EXTENSION PROBLEMS. FORT WORTH CENTER INSTRUCTED PILOT TO CLIMB AND MAINTAIN 3000' ALTITUDE. SHORTLY AFTER CLIMBING TO 3000' THE AIRCRAFT CLIMBED TO 3300' AND ABRUPTLY DECENDED VERTICALY INTO THE GROUND. WHILE THE AIRCRAFT WAS TOTALLY DESTROYED AND THE WRECKAGE WAS LARGELY CONSUMED BY POST CRASH FIRE, CONTINUITY OF MAJOR CONTROL SURFACES WAS OBSERVED, AND LANDING GEAR CONTROL BOX INDICATED THAT THE LANDING GEAR WAS IN THE RETRACT POSITION.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.