What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Pilot complied with preflight inspections, taxi and ground run-up checks all normal. Aircraft departed normal. During climb out, selected gear up. At about tree top level engine began to run rough then quit. Aircraft began to descend. Without power, pilot banked hard right to avoid power lines and trees ahead with hope of landing in a pasture. Overshot pasture and into trees . Aircraft came to a stop upside down, wings and landing gear liberated. No fire. Pilot shut off master switch and evacuated out back door. Aircraft destroyed. Pilot sustained minor cuts and bruises.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT COMPLIED WITH PREFLIGHT INSPECTIONS, TAXI AND GROUND RUN-UP CHECKS ALL NORMAL. AIRCRAFT DEPARTED NORMAL. DURING CLIMB OUT, SELECTED GEAR UP. AT ABOUT TREE TOP LEVEL ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH THEN QUIT. AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO DESCEND. WITHOUT POWER, PILOT BANKED HARD RIGHT TO AVOID POWER LINES AND TREES AHEAD WITH HOPE OF LANDING IN A PASTURE. OVERSHOT PASTURE AND INTO TREES . AIRCRAFT CAME TO A STOP UPSIDE DOWN, WINGS AND LANDING GEAR LIBERATED. NO FIRE. PILOT SHUT OFF MASTER SWITCH AND EVACUATED OUT BACK DOOR. AIRCRAFT DESTROYED. PILOT SUSTAINED MINOR CUTS AND BRUISES.
NTSB investigation
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