What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
privacy data omitted Was heading east at about 800 ft when the aircraft cabin began to fill with fumes and smoke. At that point, privacy data omitted had noticed that he had no oil pressure and pulled the engine back to idle, while looking for a place to land. He then found a field and turned the aircraft into the wind to set up for landing, with the engine still idling. He landed long in the field, touched down fast, hit a small ditch and bounced back up in the air again and came down hard on the left main landing gear. The aircraft continued to roll out running into a barb wire fence which stopped the aircraft and flipped it over. This aircraft sustained substantial damage from both the hard landing a collision with a barb wire fence during roll out.
As the FAA filed it
^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS HEADING EAST AT ABOUT 800 FT WHEN THE AIRCRAFT CABIN BEGAN TO FILL WITH FUMES AND SMOKE. AT THAT POINT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HAD NOTICED THAT HE HAD NO OIL PRESSURE AND PULLED THE ENGINE BACK TO IDLE, WHILE LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO LAND. HE THEN FOUND A FIELD AND TURNED THE AIRCRAFT INTO THE WIND TO SET UP FOR LANDING, WITH THE ENGINE STILL IDLING. HE LANDED LONG IN THE FIELD, TOUCHED DOWN FAST, HIT A SMALL DITCH AND BOUNCED BACK UP IN THE AIR AGAIN AND CAME DOWN HARD ON THE LEFT MAIN LANDING GEAR. THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO ROLL OUT RUNNING INTO A BARB WIRE FENCE WHICH STOPPED THE AIRCRAFT AND FLIPPED IT OVER.THIS AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE FROM BOTH THE HARD LANDING A COLLISION WITH A BARB WIRE FENCE DURING ROLL OUT.
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