What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
During an instructional flight practicing soft field technique. The instructor did not have a understanding of the wing characteristics and allowed the student to abruptly rotate causing a disruption of lift, resulting in the aircraft stalling at approximately 5 feet AGL. The aircraft struck the ground in a slip, the left gear broke off followed by the left wing. The instructor imputed right control resulting the right wing striking the ground. The right and left wing spars are bent the fuselage is torn by the broken gear and the fuselage bent enough to fail the midsection rivets also airelons and elevator received damage
As the FAA filed it
DURING AN INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT PRACTICING SOFT FIELD TECHNIQUE. THE INSTRUCTOR DID NOT HAVE A UNDERSTANDING OF THE WING CHARACTERISTICS AND ALLOWED THE STUDENT TO ABRUPTLY ROTATE CAUSING A DISRUPTION OF LIFT, RESULTING IN THE AIRCRAFT STALLING AT APPROXIMATELY 5 FEET AGL. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE GROUND IN A SLIP, THE LEFT GEAR BROKE OFF FOLLOWED BY THE LEFT WING. THE INSTRUCTOR IMPUTED RIGHT CONTROL RESULTING THE RIGHT WING STRIKING THE GROUND. THE RIGHT AND LEFT WING SPARS ARE BENT THE FUSELAGE IS TORN BY THE BROKEN GEAR AND THE FUSELAGE BENT ENOUGH TO FAIL THE MIDSECTION RIVETS ALSO AIRELONS AND ELEVATOR RECEIVED DAMAGE
NTSB investigation
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