What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
On November 17, 2010 privacy data omitted (flight instructor) and privacy data omitted (student) departed provo airport for a training flight in aircraft N978CT. The student was preparing for his private pilot checkride and was to perform stalls and slow flight per his flight lesson plan. The training flight was conducted in a high practice area over the town of Payson, UT.at approximately 1306 MST multiple witnesses observed N978CT in a spin over the town of Payson, UT in the vicinity of 500W 465S. Eye witness accounts reported hearing the engine surge during the spin and prior to impact. The impact angle was nose low at a high angle. Much of the airframe was intact. The aircraft came to rest in a residential driveway without colliding with nearby powerlines or trees. The first civilians on scene reported they observed a faint pulse on the female and none on the male. Both pilots were deceased when law enforcement arrived. The ground was saturated with fuel that was leaking from the fuel cell. There was no evidence of a post accident fire. Ground scaring indicated that the aircraft had rotational forces upon impact.
As the FAA filed it
ON NOVEMBER 17, 2010 ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ (FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR) AND ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ (STUDENT) DEPARTED PROVO AIRPORT FOR A TRAINING FLIGHT IN AIRCRAFT N978CT. THE STUDENT WAS PREPARING FOR HIS PRIVATE PILOT CHECKRIDE AND WAS TO PERFORM STALLS AND SLOW FLIGHT PER HIS FLIGHT LESSON PLAN. THE TRAINING FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED IN A HIGH PRACTICE AREA OVER THE TOWN OF PAYSON, UT.AT APPROXIMATELY 1306 MST MULTIPLE WITNESSES OBSERVED N978CT IN A SPIN OVER THE TOWN OF PAYSON, UT IN THE VICINITY OF 500W 465S. EYE WITNESS ACCOUNTS REPORTED HEARING THE ENGINE SURGE DURING THE SPIN AND PRIOR TO IMPACT. THE IMPACT ANGLE WAS NOSE LOW AT A HIGH ANGLE. MUCH OF THE AIRFRAME WAS INTACT. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN A RESIDENTIAL DRIVEWAY WITHOUT COLLIDING WITH NEARBY POWERLINES OR TREES. THE FIRST CIVILIANS ON SCENE REPORTED THEY OBSERVED A FAINT PULSE ON THE FEMALE AND NONE ON THE MALE. BOTH PILOTS WERE DECEASED WHEN LAW ENFORCEMENT ARRIVED.THE GROUND WAS SATURATED WITH FUEL THAT WAS LEAKING FROM THE FUEL CELL. THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF A POST ACCIDENT FIRE. GROUND SCARING INDICATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT HAD ROTATIONAL FORCES UPON IMPACT.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.