What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
The pilot was attempting to land at his private airstrip while carrying a passenger. The pilot chose to attempt a landing on the shorter of the 2 runways, which also had tall trees at both ends of the runway. He normally only did this landing while solo. Based on the surviving passenger statement and the post crash aircraft analysis, it appears the pilot failed to maintain a safe airspeed/angle of attack, leading to a low altitude stall, resulting in a spin to the right with a near vertical impact angle. No post crash fire. The pilot died 5 days later. The passenger was seriously injured but ambulatory, and recovered from her injuries.
As the FAA filed it
THE PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND AT HIS PRIVATE AIRSTRIP WHILE CARRYING A PASSENGER. THE PILOT CHOSE TO ATTEMPT A LANDING ON THE SHORTER OF THE 2 RUNWAYS, WHICH ALSO HAD TALL TREES AT BOTH ENDS OF THE RUNWAY. HE NORMALLY ONLY DID THIS LANDING WHILE SOLO. BASED ON THE SURVIVING PASSENGER STATEMENT AND THE POST CRASH AIRCRAFT ANALYSIS, IT APPEARS THE PILOT FAILED TO MAINTAIN A SAFE AIRSPEED/ANGLE OF ATTACK, LEADING TO A LOW ALTITUDE STALL, RESULTING IN A SPIN TO THE RIGHT WITH A NEAR VERTICAL IMPACT ANGLE. NO POST CRASH FIRE. THE PILOT DIED 5 DAYS LATER. THE PASSENGER WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED BUT AMBULATORY, AND RECOVERED FROM HER INJURIES.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.