What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
On October 30, 2011, at approximately 18:25, privacy data omitted took off from buffalo ridge airsports airfield for his first solo flight in his Aeros limited Trike experimental light sport weight shift aircraft. After taking off on a 160 heading the aircraft drifted left, witnesses reported that the pilot was having difficulty maintaining control of the aircraft. privacy data omitted Made a left circling approach back to runway 16 at 200-300 AGL, over shot a strait approach, made a steep right turn for runway alignment and impacted the ground just right of the grass strip runway at 18:30 local time. privacy data omitted Sustained serious injuries to his back.
As the FAA filed it
ON OCTOBER 30, 2011, AT APPROXIMATELY 18:25, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TOOK OFF FROM BUFFALO RIDGE AIRSPORTS AIRFIELD FOR HIS FIRST SOLO FLIGHT IN HIS AEROS LIMITED TRIKE EXPERIMENTAL LIGHT SPORT WEIGHT SHIFT AIRCRAFT. AFTER TAKING OFF ON A 160 HEADING THE AIRCRAFT DRIFTED LEFT, WITNESSES REPORTED THAT THE PILOT WAS HAVING DIFFICULTY MAINTAINING CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ MADE A LEFT CIRCLING APPROACH BACK TO RUNWAY 16 AT 200-300 AGL, OVER SHOT A STRAIT APPROACH, MADE A STEEP RIGHT TURN FOR RUNWAY ALIGNMENT AND IMPACTED THE GROUND JUST RIGHT OF THE GRASS STRIP RUNWAY AT 18:30 LOCAL TIME. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES TO HIS BACK.
NTSB investigation
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