What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Pilot departed hnl with clearance for redhill 2 departure in PA-28-140 with himself and 2 other pilot passengers. According to pax, juera higa, plane did not produce much power on climb out and engine stopped functioning. privacy data omitted Indicated that the PIC, privacy data omitted failed to notice impending stall and started to "panic" at 300 feet AGL. privacy data omitted Immediately assumed controls, lowered the nose and rapidly turned right followed by a left turn to a flat riverbed area under the moana loa freeway. Acft hit river bed, skidded flat under the bridge, spun 180 degrees and came to a stop with in 75 feet after ground contact. Post crash fired ensued. Witnesses assisted evacuation of aircraft. Injuries unknown. All personnel admitted to queens hospital. Passenger (pilot) privacy data omitted spoke to FAA. Pilot in command privacy data omitted refused to speak to FAA. ATC last communication with N4244T was a hand off to departure control. No communication was made to departure control for aircraft. Hcf was unaware that N4244T was involved in accident and did not actively search for aircraft. Hand off from hnl tower to hcf departure control was not established. Hcf departure control notified of accident by local hnl FSDO immediately after recieving call from hnl sheriff department.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT DEPARTED HNL WITH CLEARANCE FOR REDHILL 2 DEPARTURE IN PA-28-140 WITH HIMSELF AND 2 OTHER PILOT PASSENGERS. ACCORDING TO PAX, JUERA HIGA, PLANE DID NOT PRODUCE MUCH POWER ON CLIMB OUT AND ENGINE STOPPED FUNCTIONING. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ INDICATED THAT THE PIC, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ FAILED TO NOTICE IMPENDING STALL AND STARTED TO "PANIC" AT 300 FEET AGL. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ IMMEDIATELY ASSUMED CONTROLS, LOWERED THE NOSE AND RAPIDLY TURNED RIGHT FOLLOWED BY A LEFT TURN TO A FLAT RIVERBED AREA UNDER THE MOANA LOA FREEWAY. ACFT HIT RIVER BED, SKIDDED FLAT UNDER THE BRIDGE, SPUN 180 DEGREES AND CAME TO A STOP WITH IN 75 FEET AFTER GROUND CONTACT. POST CRASH FIRED ENSUED. WITNESSES ASSISTED EVACUATION OF AIRCRAFT. INJURIES UNKNOWN. ALL PERSONNEL ADMITTED TO QUEENS HOSPITAL. PASSENGER (PILOT) ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SPOKE TO FAA. PILOT IN COMMAND ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ REFUSED TO SPEAK TO FAA. ATC LAST COMMUNICATION WITH N4244T WAS A HAND OFF TO DEPARTURE CONTROL. NO COMMUNICATION WAS MADE TO DEPARTURE CONTROL FOR AIRCRAFT. HCF WAS UNAWARE THAT N4244T WAS INVOLVED IN ACCIDENT AND DID NOT ACTIVELY SEARCH FOR AIRCRAFT. HAND OFF FROM HNL TOWER TO HCF DEPARTURE CONTROL WAS NOT ESTABLISHED. HCF DEPARTURE CONTROL NOTIFIED OF ACCIDENT BY LOCAL HNL FSDO IMMEDIATELY AFTER RECIEVING CALL FROM HNL SHERIFF DEPARTMENT.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.