What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
On April 04, 2019 at approximately 1810 central daylight time, a zenith CH801 N801R veered off course before landing on runway 32 at Hicks Airfield (T67), crashing west of the runway and railroad tracks. The airplane made contact with a tree clipping several limbs, and the nose gear contacted the rail road tracks. The airplane crashed with the nose facing the west side of the rail road tracks. The nose gear was severed from the fuselage, the spinning propeller made contact with the ground and the airplane came to rest with the tail standing in the air due to the severed nose gear. The owner privacy data omitted of the airplane was in control of the aircraft at the time of the accident. He along with his two passengers privacy data omitted did not sustain any injuries. The airplane is registered to and operated by the pilot under the provisions of title 14 code of federal regulations part 91 as a personal flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident and no flight plan was filed. The privacy data omitted pilot-in-command was conducting a sight-seeing flight showing one of his passengers privacy data omitted the area.
As the FAA filed it
ON APRIL 04, 2019 AT APPROXIMATELY 1810 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A ZENITH CH801 N801R VEERED OFF COURSE BEFORE LANDING ON RUNWAY 32 AT HICKS AIRFIELD (T67), CRASHING WEST OF THE RUNWAY AND RAILROAD TRACKS. THE AIRPLANE MADE CONTACT WITH A TREE CLIPPING SEVERAL LIMBS, AND THE NOSE GEAR CONTACTED THE RAIL ROAD TRACKS. THE AIRPLANE CRASHED WITH THE NOSE FACING THE WEST SIDE OF THE RAIL ROAD TRACKS. THE NOSE GEAR WAS SEVERED FROM THE FUSELAGE, THE SPINNING PROPELLER MADE CONTACT WITH THE GROUND AND THE AIRPLANE CAME TO REST WITH THE TAIL STANDING IN THE AIR DUE TO THE SEVERED NOSE GEAR. THE OWNER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ OF THE AIRPLANE WAS IN CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. HE ALONG WITH HIS TWO PASSENGERS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DID NOT SUSTAIN ANY INJURIES. THE AIRPLANE IS REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY THE PILOT UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91 AS A PERSONAL FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PILOT-IN-COMMAND WAS CONDUCTING A SIGHT-SEEING FLIGHT SHOWING ONE OF HIS PASSENGERS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THE AREA.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.