What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
In the pilots statement he noted that he was 16 miles from klzu and planned to contact lzu tower around 12 miles from the airport. Suddenly, the cowling departed the aircraft and struck the right side of the windscreen, puncturing a large hole from just left of the center post to around 10 inches from the right canopy bow. The pilot was blasted with wind, the airplane?s nose dropped and the airplane started to yaw left then to the right.
The pilot regained some control not able to maintain level flight, even with full power noticed the airplane would not turn right as easily as it turned left, so he started a left descending turn. Realizing that he needed to select an off-field landing site. The pilot selected a large field running east-west that looked fairly unobstructed. The terrain was sloping down his touchdown point was about 1/3 of the way down the field. The pilot elected not to use flaps as he was concerned about the effect of changing configuration with aircraft damage. The leading edge slats deployed normally, the airplane touched down hard on the main gear, bounced, and touched down again at a point where the terrain started sloping uphill. The pilot reported it appeared that he was not going to stop before hitting a small grove of fruit trees, the pilot reported heavy braking. The airplane slowed, but continued moving until it struck free-standing swing on an a-frame and a midsize tree.
As the FAA filed it
IN THE PILOTS STATEMENT HE NOTED THAT HE WAS 16 MILES FROM KLZU AND PLANNED TO CONTACT LZU TOWER AROUND 12 MILES FROM THE AIRPORT. SUDDENLY, THE COWLING DEPARTED THE AIRCRAFT AND STRUCK THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE WINDSCREEN, PUNCTURING A LARGE HOLE FROM JUST LEFT OF THE CENTER POST TO AROUND 10 INCHES FROM THE RIGHT CANOPY BOW. THE PILOT WAS BLASTED WITH WIND, THE AIRPLANE?S NOSE DROPPED AND THE AIRPLANE STARTED TO YAW LEFT THEN TO THE RIGHT.
THE PILOT REGAINED SOME CONTROL NOT ABLE TO MAINTAIN LEVEL FLIGHT, EVEN WITH FULL POWER NOTICED THE AIRPLANE WOULD NOT TURN RIGHT AS EASILY AS IT TURNED LEFT, SO HE STARTED A LEFT DESCENDING TURN. REALIZING THAT HE NEEDED TO SELECT AN OFF-FIELD LANDING SITE. THE PILOT SELECTED A LARGE FIELD RUNNING EAST-WEST THAT LOOKED FAIRLY UNOBSTRUCTED. THE TERRAIN WAS SLOPING DOWN HIS TOUCHDOWN POINT WAS ABOUT 1/3 OF THE WAY DOWN THE FIELD. THE PILOT ELECTED NOT TO USE FLAPS AS HE WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE EFFECT OF CHANGING CONFIGURATION WITH AIRCRAFT DAMAGE. THE LEADING EDGE SLATS DEPLOYED NORMALLY, THE AIRPLANE TOUCHED DOWN HARD ON THE MAIN GEAR, BOUNCED, AND TOUCHED DOWN AGAIN AT A POINT WHERE THE TERRAIN STARTED SLOPING UPHILL. THE PILOT REPORTED IT APPEARED THAT HE WAS NOT GOING TO STOP BEFORE HITTING A SMALL GROVE OF FRUIT TREES, THE PILOT REPORTED HEAVY BRAKING. THE AIRPLANE SLOWED, BUT CONTINUED MOVING UNTIL IT STRUCK FREE-STANDING SWING ON AN A-FRAME AND A MIDSIZE TREE.