What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
On June 29 2011 the dallas FSDO received a phone call of N55FE piloted by privacy data omitted crashing in a field 6 miles east of the town of frankston Texas. At 09:00 local, privacy data omitted originated his flight out of aero estate (T25) en route to rusk county airport (krfi) for fuel. Upon reaching 2000 ft MSL for cruise flight the engine started to sputter. Shortly after the engine quit due to fuel starvation and the aircraft made a forced landing in a pasture field. The field was misjudged and the aircraft crashed through two cattle fence and received substantial damage. privacy data omitted Walked away with no injuries.privacy data omitted Stated that he just ran out of fuel.
As the FAA filed it
ON JUNE 29 2011 THE DALLAS FSDO RECEIVED A PHONE CALL OF N55FE PILOTED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ CRASHING IN A FIELD 6 MILES EAST OF THE TOWN OF FRANKSTON TEXAS.AT 09:00 LOCAL, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ORIGINATED HIS FLIGHT OUT OF AERO ESTATE (T25) EN ROUTE TO RUSK COUNTY AIRPORT (KRFI) FOR FUEL. UPON REACHING 2000 FT MSL FOR CRUISE FLIGHT THE ENGINE STARTED TO SPUTTER. SHORTLY AFTER THE ENGINE QUIT DUE TO FUEL STARVATION AND THE AIRCRAFT MADE A FORCED LANDING IN A PASTURE FIELD. THE FIELD WAS MISJUDGED AND THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED THROUGH TWO CATTLE FENCE AND RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WALKED AWAY WITH NO INJURIES.^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT HE JUST RAN OUT OF FUEL.
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