What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
privacy data omitted Of aircraft took off from pae for personnel flight alone. About 20 miles out pilot reported that he was looking at navigational aids and when he looked out of aircraft found that he was in a very sharp turn and dive. As he recovered the aircraft, he heard several very loud thumps. He returned to pae, on landing and taxing to his hanger, when he looked at the aircraft he found the rear of the fuseluge under the tail cone had wrinkled and popped several rivits of skin under tail.
As the FAA filed it
^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ OF AIRCRAFT TOOK OFF FROM PAE FOR PERSONNEL FLIGHT ALONE. ABOUT 20 MILES OUT PILOT REPORTED THAT HE WAS LOOKING AT NAVIGATIONAL AIDS AND WHEN HE LOOKED OUT OF AIRCRAFT FOUND THAT HE WAS IN A VERY SHARP TURN AND DIVE. AS HE RECOVERED THE AIRCRAFT, HE HEARD SEVERAL VERY LOUD THUMPS. HE RETURNED TO PAE, ON LANDING AND TAXING TO HIS HANGER, WHEN HE LOOKED AT THE AIRCRAFT HE FOUND THE REAR OF THE FUSELUGE UNDER THE TAIL CONE HAD WRINKLED AND POPPED SEVERAL RIVITS OF SKIN UNDER TAIL.
NTSB investigation
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