What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
N2755U entered the traffic pattern on a left downwind to runway 19 at kcqf. The winds were out of the south at approximately 5 -7 knots. A CH-53 helicopter was operating in the pattern and was making a low approach to the runway as N2755U was on downwind. The helicopter hover taxied at approximately 30 feet AGL and continued down the runway as N2755U continued to conduct a normal approach to landing. As N2755U was on short final, the CH-53 was now approximately 2000 feet down the runway at 30 AGL and beginning a climb out. Between 30 -50 feet AGL and just over the end of the runway, the right wing of N2755U rolled 90 degrees perpendicular to the runway. The wing then abruptly lowered and the aircraft impacted the ground at a nearly flat attitude. The nosewheel broke and flames immediately erupted around the aft edges of the cowling. The aircraft skidded down the runway aprroximately 800 feet and then veered into the grass to the right of the runway. It came to rest just 50 feet off the edge of the runway. Bystanders rushed to the scene and assisted in extracting the pilot just prior to the cabin becoming engulfed in flames.
As the FAA filed it
N2755U ENTERED THE TRAFFIC PATTERN ON A LEFT DOWNWIND TO RUNWAY 19 AT KCQF. THE WINDS WERE OUT OF THE SOUTH AT APPROXIMATELY 5 -7 KNOTS. A CH-53 HELICOPTER WAS OPERATING IN THE PATTERN AND WAS MAKING A LOW APPROACH TO THE RUNWAY AS N2755U WAS ON DOWNWIND. THE HELICOPTER HOVER TAXIED AT APPROXIMATELY 30 FEET AGL AND CONTINUED DOWN THE RUNWAY AS N2755U CONTINUED TO CONDUCT A NORMAL APPROACH TO LANDING. AS N2755U WAS ON SHORT FINAL, THE CH-53 WAS NOW APPROXIMATELY 2000 FEET DOWN THE RUNWAY AT 30 AGL AND BEGINNING A CLIMB OUT. BETWEEN 30 -50 FEET AGL AND JUST OVER THE END OF THE RUNWAY, THE RIGHT WING OF N2755U ROLLED 90 DEGREES PERPENDICULAR TO THE RUNWAY. THE WING THEN ABRUPTLY LOWERED AND THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND AT A NEARLY FLAT ATTITUDE. THE NOSEWHEEL BROKE AND FLAMES IMMEDIATELY ERUPTED AROUND THE AFT EDGES OF THE COWLING. THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED DOWN THE RUNWAY APRROXIMATELY 800 FEET AND THEN VEERED INTO THE GRASS TO THE RIGHT OF THE RUNWAY. IT CAME TO REST JUST 50 FEET OFF THE EDGE OF THE RUNWAY. BYSTANDERS RUSHED TO THE SCENE AND ASSISTED IN EXTRACTING THE PILOT JUST PRIOR TO THE CABIN BECOMING ENGULFED IN FLAMES.
NTSB investigation
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