What happened
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Pilot reported this was to be a repositioning flight to their grass strip 30 miles to the east. First flight of the dayapprox 50 gallons of fuel was on board approx 38 gallons were added that morning. The aircraft ran approx 20 minutes prior to departure warming up the oil and waiting for fog to lift at the other grass strippilot reported on take off roll, all aircraft indications were normalpilot reported after take off, at approx 150 feet, the aircraft lost power and landed straight ahead in a crop field and collapsed gearpilot reported he was operating the stand by fuel boost pump (wooble/emergency pump) once the engine had quitground crew reported hearing the aircraft "backfire" on climb outthe pilot had flown the aircraft the day prior without incidentfour point seat belt/harness - no injuries
As the FAA filed it
PILOT REPORTED THIS WAS TO BE A REPOSITIONING FLIGHT TO THEIR GRASS STRIP 30 MILES TO THE EAST. FIRST FLIGHT OF THE DAYAPPROX 50 GALLONS OF FUEL WAS ON BOARD APPROX 38 GALLONS WERE ADDED THAT MORNING.THE AIRCRAFT RAN APPROX 20 MINUTES PRIOR TO DEPARTURE WARMING UP THE OIL AND WAITING FOR FOG TO LIFT AT THE OTHER GRASS STRIPPILOT REPORTED ON TAKE OFF ROLL, ALL AIRCRAFT INDICATIONS WERE NORMALPILOT REPORTED AFTER TAKE OFF, AT APPROX 150 FEET, THE AIRCRAFT LOST POWER AND LANDED STRAIGHT AHEAD IN A CROP FIELD AND COLLAPSED GEARPILOT REPORTED HE WAS OPERATING THE STAND BY FUEL BOOST PUMP (WOOBLE/EMERGENCY PUMP) ONCE THE ENGINE HAD QUITGROUND CREW REPORTED HEARING THE AIRCRAFT "BACKFIRE" ON CLIMB OUTTHE PILOT HAD FLOWN THE AIRCRAFT THE DAY PRIOR WITHOUT INCIDENTFOUR POINT SEAT BELT/HARNESS - NO INJURIES
NTSB investigation
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