What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
privacy data omitted Explained that the flight was planned to climb to 8000' with 8 jumpers on board. During the run up everything was in the green. When he took off, everything was normal. On climb out between 3000-3500 feet east of the polo feild the engine began to run rough however all the gauges were in the green. At this point privacy data omitted decided to return to hdh. There was a little bit of oil on the windscreen as he made his turn back to hdh. During the decent at 1500 feet oil began to squirt out of the oil inspection cover and onto the windscreen. privacy data omitted Said that he could not see out of the windscreen. privacy data omitted Made a landing midfeild, taxied off and shut down. Upon post flight inspection he noticed a large hole in the top of the engine block.
As the FAA filed it
^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ EXPLAINED THAT THE FLIGHT WAS PLANNED TO CLIMB TO 8000' WITH 8 JUMPERS ON BOARD. DURING THE RUN UP EVERYTHING WAS IN THE GREEN. WHEN HE TOOK OFF, EVERYTHING WAS NORMAL. ON CLIMB OUT BETWEEN 3000-3500 FEET EAST OF THE POLO FEILD THE ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH HOWEVER ALL THE GAUGES WERE IN THE GREEN. AT THIS POINT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DECIDED TO RETURN TO HDH. THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF OIL ON THE WINDSCREEN AS HE MADE HIS TURN BACK TO HDH. DURING THE DECENT AT 1500 FEET OIL BEGAN TO SQUIRT OUT OF THE OIL INSPECTION COVER AND ONTO THE WINDSCREEN. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SAID THAT HE COULD NOT SEE OUT OF THE WINDSCREEN. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ MADE A LANDING MIDFEILD, TAXIED OFF AND SHUT DOWN. UPON POST FLIGHT INSPECTION HE NOTICED A LARGE HOLE IN THE TOP OF THE ENGINE BLOCK.
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