20140622009709A

I watched the video (taken by an airport FBO employee) of the accident. The pilot took off from the grass parallel to rwy 23 at vdf. The aipplane remained three feet above the ground for less than 100 feet then it began a 45 degree banked turn to the left. The plane got to 30-35 feet above the ground 80 degrees into the turn. At 180 degrees into the turn the left wing began to drop and the airplane lost a few feet of altitude then the left wing dropped faster and the airplane began a nearly nose down which made it strike the ground nose and left wing first. The airplane was now oriented 270 degrees heading from the takeoff position. The plane then rotated 90 degrees more and the tail fell down to the ground. The airplane was now the same heading as the takeoff roll. Bystanders were to the airplane in less than two minutes and observed the pilot thrown back against the seat back with faint signs of life. Because of the leaking fuel they removed him from the airplane, but in less than six minutes EMS folks pronounced him code 41. He was not wearing any of the airplane's five point seat belt system. The ELT switch was in the off position and the remote wire was not plugged into the ELT. The ignition key was broken off and in the back of the baggage compartment. The master and other switches under the shock panel were all in the off position. There was no fire in spite of the approximately 25 gallons that ran out on the ground. The engine sounded to be making power even at the time of impact. Fragments of the wood and composite prop were scattered along the 60 feet of sliding movement area after impact.