What happened
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Ptrs # 201903567
Aircraft impacted trees (LH wing sustained tree impact markers approx. 3 ft from wing tip) and the ground at the pilot's private airstrip near Boone, north carolina. The private pilot was fatally injured. The privately owned and operated airplane was destroyed by a postcrash fire. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed for the flight. Departure time, direction, flight path, landing path were not determined. The pilot informed a trooper with the north carolina state highway patrol before being transported for medical care that he was "circling to land and the engine bogged down." A witness also reported to the trooper seeing the airplane circling, then heard a loud "boom" sound. The airplane crashed in a wooded area about 360 ft north-northeast of the eastern edge
Of the Grass runway.
As the FAA filed it
PTRS # 201903567
AIRCRAFT IMPACTED TREES (LH WING SUSTAINED TREE IMPACT MARKERS APPROX. 3 FT FROM WING TIP) AND THE GROUND AT THE PILOT'S PRIVATE AIRSTRIP NEAR BOONE, NORTH CAROLINA. THE PRIVATE PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED. THE PRIVATELY OWNED AND OPERATED AIRPLANE WAS DESTROYED BY A POSTCRASH FIRE. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE FLIGHT. DEPARTURE TIME, DIRECTION, FLIGHT PATH, LANDING PATH WERE NOT DETERMINED. THE PILOT INFORMED A TROOPER WITH THE NORTH CAROLINA STATE HIGHWAY PATROL BEFORE BEING TRANSPORTED FOR MEDICAL CARE THAT HE WAS "CIRCLING TO LAND AND THE ENGINE BOGGED DOWN." A WITNESS ALSO REPORTED TO THE TROOPER SEEING THE AIRPLANE CIRCLING, THEN HEARD A LOUD "BOOM" SOUND. THE AIRPLANE CRASHED IN A WOODED AREA ABOUT 360 FT NORTH-NORTHEAST OF THE EASTERN EDGE
OF THE GRASS RUNWAY.
NTSB investigation
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