What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
To the west of the accident site, trees had limbs freshly cut from the top of the trees that were in line with the aircraft wrekage path. The initial impact was aproximately 65 ft from the trees location. The aircraft hit nose first flipped inverted and rotated 90 degrees to the right. The aircraft that was flying east came to rest after the initial impact 180 feet to the east of the initial impact, inverted and facing south.
As the FAA filed it
TO THE WEST OF THE ACCIDENT SITE, TREES HAD LIMBS FRESHLY CUT FROM THE TOP OF THE TREES THAT WERE IN LINE WITH THE AIRCRAFT WREKAGE PATH. THE INITIAL IMPACT WAS APROXIMATELY 65 FT FROM THE TREES LOCATION. THE AIRCRAFT HIT NOSE FIRST FLIPPED INVERTED AND ROTATED 90 DEGREES TO THE RIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT THAT WAS FLYING EAST CAME TO REST AFTER THE INITIAL IMPACT 180 FEET TO THE EAST OF THE INITIAL IMPACT, INVERTED AND FACING SOUTH.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.