What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
On December 19, 2020 at approximately 1435 CST, privacy data omitted, an experimental sonex, crashed while on an engine maintenance flight approximately 1 mile south of fort worth spinks airport (kfws) with only the pilot onboard. The aircraft was on its first maintenance test flight. The pilot reported ?a sick engine? To the tower at kfws and that he was not able to climb. The kfws tower reported to the pilot that smoke was coming from the aircraft. The aircraft impacted a telephone wire with the landing gear and came to rest upside down between two buildings located off privacy data omitted in Burleson, TX. The pilot received fatal injuries. The weather was clear with visibility greater than 10 miles with light winds. The aircraft was owned and operated by privacy data omitted.
As the FAA filed it
ON DECEMBER 19, 2020 AT APPROXIMATELY 1435 CST, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, AN EXPERIMENTAL SONEX, CRASHED WHILE ON AN ENGINE MAINTENANCE FLIGHT APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE SOUTH OF FORT WORTH SPINKS AIRPORT (KFWS) WITH ONLY THE PILOT ONBOARD. THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON ITS FIRST MAINTENANCE TEST FLIGHT. THE PILOT REPORTED ?A SICK ENGINE? TO THE TOWER AT KFWS AND THAT HE WAS NOT ABLE TO CLIMB. THE KFWS TOWER REPORTED TO THE PILOT THAT SMOKE WAS COMING FROM THE AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED A TELEPHONE WIRE WITH THE LANDING GEAR AND CAME TO REST UPSIDE DOWN BETWEEN TWO BUILDINGS LOCATED OFF ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ IN BURLESON, TX. THE PILOT RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES. THE WEATHER WAS CLEAR WITH VISIBILITY GREATER THAN 10 MILES WITH LIGHT WINDS. THE AIRCRAFT WAS OWNED AND OPERATED BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.
NTSB investigation
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