What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Pilot was performing a crow hop on rwy 27 to check the engine for fuel starvation. Pilot took off on rwy 27 and climbed to 200'. Upon reaching 200' the pilot nosed the airplane over and the engine quit. The pilot noticed the engine computer circuit breaker had popped and he attempted to reset the circuit breaker and it would not reset. At that time he knew the engine would not restart. He continued to nose the airplane over to maintain an airspeed of 75 mph and land the aircraft. While attempting to maintain a safe airspeed the aircraft struck the runway hard collapsing the landing gear.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT WAS PERFORMING A CROW HOP ON RWY 27 TO CHECK THE ENGINE FOR FUEL STARVATION. PILOT TOOK OFF ON RWY 27 AND CLIMBED TO 200'. UPON REACHING 200' THE PILOT NOSED THE AIRPLANE OVER AND THE ENGINE QUIT. THE PILOT NOTICED THE ENGINE COMPUTER CIRCUIT BREAKER HAD POPPED AND HE ATTEMPTED TO RESET THE CIRCUIT BREAKER AND IT WOULD NOT RESET. AT THAT TIME HE KNEW THE ENGINE WOULD NOT RESTART. HE CONTINUED TO NOSE THE AIRPLANE OVER TO MAINTAIN AN AIRSPEED OF 75 MPH AND LAND THE AIRCRAFT. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO MAINTAIN A SAFE AIRSPEED THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE RUNWAY HARD COLLAPSING THE LANDING GEAR.
NTSB investigation
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