What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Pilot was making a low pass over runway to accomodate a video request. To accomodate a passenger request due to trees on the right of runway, a slight left turn was initiated resulting in a loss of altitude and airspeed. Pilot returned to straight and level at full power but had insufficient power to recover. Pilot attempted to stall aircraft by reducing power and pushing control bar full forward upon hitting top of corn in field past end of runway.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT WAS MAKING A LOW PASS OVER RUNWAY TO ACCOMODATE A VIDEO REQUEST. TO ACCOMODATE A PASSENGER REQUEST DUE TO TREES ON THE RIGHT OF RUNWAY, A SLIGHT LEFT TURN WAS INITIATED RESULTING IN A LOSS OF ALTITUDE AND AIRSPEED. PILOT RETURNED TO STRAIGHT AND LEVEL AT FULL POWER BUT HAD INSUFFICIENT POWER TO RECOVER. PILOT ATTEMPTED TO STALL AIRCRAFT BY REDUCING POWER AND PUSHING CONTROL BAR FULL FORWARD UPON HITTING TOP OF CORN IN FIELD PAST END OF RUNWAY.
NTSB investigation
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