What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
privacy data omitted Departed airfield in a southerly direction, made a left turn down a valley. Crash site was about mile from the departure field. privacy data omitted Was found out of the aircraft and breathing poorly. privacy data omitted Was pronounced dead at the hospital around 1910. privacy data omitted Had never flown this aircraft before according to wife and friend. He did take one lesson with privacy data omitted CFI at seamans airport in a Cessna 172 aircraft. There were no log books for the aircraft or privacy data omitted.
As the FAA filed it
^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DEPARTED AIRFIELD IN A SOUTHERLY DIRECTION, MADE A LEFT TURN DOWN A VALLEY. CRASH SITE WAS ABOUT MILE FROM THE DEPARTURE FIELD. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS FOUND OUT OF THE AIRCRAFT AND BREATHING POORLY. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE HOSPITAL AROUND 1910. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HAD NEVER FLOWN THIS AIRCRAFT BEFORE ACCORDING TO WIFE AND FRIEND. HE DID TAKE ONE LESSON WITH ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ CFI AT SEAMANS AIRPORT IN A CESSNA 172 AIRCRAFT. THERE WERE NO LOG BOOKS FOR THE AIRCRAFT OR ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.