What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Pilot took off from private Grass air strip, aircraft began to lose power ast it failed to clear tree line and stall straight down into trees where aircraft came to rest and then caught fire. Pilot was able to jump from aircraft roughly 30 feet to the ground. Pilot required medical attention and was transported to local hospital in serious condition. Aircraft completely destroyed in post crash fire including several aircraft logbooks.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT TOOK OFF FROM PRIVATE GRASS AIR STRIP, AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO LOSE POWER AST IT FAILED TO CLEAR TREE LINE AND STALL STRAIGHT DOWN INTO TREES WHERE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST AND THEN CAUGHT FIRE. PILOT WAS ABLE TO JUMP FROM AIRCRAFT ROUGHLY 30 FEET TO THE GROUND. PILOT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION AND WAS TRANSPORTED TO LOCAL HOSPITAL IN SERIOUS CONDITION. AIRCRAFT COMPLETELY DESTROYED IN POST CRASH FIRE INCLUDING SEVERAL AIRCRAFT LOGBOOKS.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.