What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
The aircraft was returning to its home base from a cross country flight. The pilot and two passengers were on board. The aircrafts home base was a private uncharted grass field south of Correctionville, Iowa. The pilot was flight following with sioux city ATCT. Though the aircrafts transponder did not appear to be functioning sioux city provided services until terminating service when the pilot reported the runway in sight. The aircraft impacted the ground approximately ¾ of a nautical mile short of the intended point of landing. The aircraft's direction of flight was approximately 90 degrees from the landing direction of the runway. A post crash fire resulted. The two passengers were fatalities at the scene. The pilot sustained serious burn injuries. Witnesses in the vicinity reported fog and low visibility at the time of the accident.
As the FAA filed it
THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNING TO ITS HOME BASE FROM A CROSS COUNTRY FLIGHT. THE PILOT AND TWO PASSENGERS WERE ON BOARD. THE AIRCRAFTS HOME BASE WAS A PRIVATE UNCHARTED GRASS FIELD SOUTH OF CORRECTIONVILLE, IOWA. THE PILOT WAS FLIGHT FOLLOWING WITH SIOUX CITY ATCT. THOUGH THE AIRCRAFTS TRANSPONDER DID NOT APPEAR TO BE FUNCTIONING SIOUX CITY PROVIDED SERVICES UNTIL TERMINATING SERVICE WHEN THE PILOT REPORTED THE RUNWAY IN SIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND APPROXIMATELY ¾ OF A NAUTICAL MILE SHORT OF THE INTENDED POINT OF LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT'S DIRECTION OF FLIGHT WAS APPROXIMATELY 90 DEGREES FROM THE LANDING DIRECTION OF THE RUNWAY. A POST CRASH FIRE RESULTED. THE TWO PASSENGERS WERE FATALITIES AT THE SCENE. THE PILOT SUSTAINED SERIOUS BURN INJURIES. WITNESSES IN THE VICINITY REPORTED FOG AND LOW VISIBILITY AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.
NTSB investigation
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