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AIRCRAFT N99168 ARRIVED AT SOUTH LAKELAND AIRPORT TO ATTEND AN AEA MEETING AND AFTER THE MEETING THEY WERE GOING TO FLY TO ALBERT WHITTED AIRPORT - KSPG FOR LUNCH. THE PASSENGER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ NEEDED A RIDE TO LUNCH AND PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SAID YOU CAN RIDE WITH ME. THE PILOT DID NOT ASK THE PASSENGER HOW MUCH HE WEIGHED; THE PASSENGER WEIGHED 150LBS AND NOTED HE ADDED ADDITIONAL BAGGAGE, TO AN ALREADY FULL BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT. THE PILOT DID NOT PERFORM A RUN UP. THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED FROM RUNWAY 14. IT WAS NOTED BY WITNESSES THE AIRCRAFT TAKE OFF ROLL WAS LONG AND WHEN THE AIRCRAFT DID TAKE OFF, IT WAS NOT A SMOOTH TAKE OFF. WITNESSES STATED THE AIRCRAFT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS GOING TO STALL. ONE WITNESS STATED THE AIRPLANE DID NOT SOUND LIKE IT HAD FULL POWER. THE PASSENGER STATED THE PILOT PULLED BACK ON THE STICK, THAN FORWARD AND YANKED BACK UP ON THE STICK. THE PASSENGER STATED THE AIRCRAFT BOGGED DURING TAKE OFF AND AFTER THE AIRCRAFT LIFTED OFF AND HE NOTED THEY WERE LOW, HE LOOKED OUT AND THE AIRCRAFT WHEELS WERE IN THE TREES. THE PASSENGER STATED HE NOTED THE AIRSPEED WAS AT 40 AND THE ENGINE DIDN'T QUIT AND THE AIRCRAFT STALLED. THE AIRCRAFT RIGHT WING IMPACTED THE TREES AND APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET FROM THE IMPACT WITH THE TREES THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND AND CAME TO REST APPROXIMATELY 60 FEET FROM INITIAL IMPACT WITH THE TREES. THE AIRCRAFT WAS CONSUMED BY A POST IMPACT FIRE. THE PILOT STATED HIS PILOT LOGBOOK, MAINTENANCE RECORDS FOR THE AIRCRAFT, PILOT'S CERTIFICATE WERE IN THE AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT STATED HE DIDN'T PERFORM A WEIGHT AND BALANCE. HE STATED THE PASSENGER WEIGHED ABOUT 100LBS AND HE WEIGHS AROUND 200LBS. THE PILOT STATED THE AIRCRAFT HAD 16 GALLONS OF FUEL. THE CHARRED REMAINS OF THE AIRCRAFT LOGS WERE RECOVERED. IT WAS NOTED THE BAGGAGE COMPARTMENT HAD BURNED PILOT'S HANDBOOKS FOR EQUIPMENT, CD CASE, IPAD WITH CASE, ALONG WITH AN UNRECOGNIZABLE PILE OF BURNT DEBRIS.