What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
On 6/2/2023 the airplane was picked up from a maintenance repair facility and flown back to home airport after recieving maintenance on the propeller beta plunger. On 6/3/2023 the airplane was substantially damaged in an accident near Lake Village, Arkansas.
Airplane departed Private airstrip for the 11th flight of the day. During the accident sequence the airplane departed the Private airstrip towards the south. During the take-off climb the pilot stated he lost thrust from the propeller but the engine was operating at full RPM. Pilot performed emergency dump of fertilizer and prepared for emergency landing. Airplane settled into farm field, briefly bounced off ground becoming airborne again. The airplane again settled to the ground sliding sideways laterally until the right main landing gear strut broke, simultaneously the tail swung to the right striking and bending the airframe structure directly behind the pilot station. Aircraft came to a rest 180 degrees from the direction of flight. The accident scene was .71 miles south of the Private airstrip.
As the FAA filed it
ON 6/2/2023 THE AIRPLANE WAS PICKED UP FROM A MAINTENANCE REPAIR FACILITY AND FLOWN BACK TO HOME AIRPORT AFTER RECIEVING MAINTENANCE ON THE PROPELLER BETA PLUNGER. ON 6/3/2023 THE AIRPLANE WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED IN AN ACCIDENT NEAR LAKE VILLAGE, ARKANSAS.
AIRPLANE DEPARTED PRIVATE AIRSTRIP FOR THE 11TH FLIGHT OF THE DAY. DURING THE ACCIDENT SEQUENCE THE AIRPLANE DEPARTED THE PRIVATE AIRSTRIP TOWARDS THE SOUTH. DURING THE TAKE-OFF CLIMB THE PILOT STATED HE LOST THRUST FROM THE PROPELLER BUT THE ENGINE WAS OPERATING AT FULL RPM. PILOT PERFORMED EMERGENCY DUMP OF FERTILIZER AND PREPARED FOR EMERGENCY LANDING. AIRPLANE SETTLED INTO FARM FIELD, BRIEFLY BOUNCED OFF GROUND BECOMING AIRBORNE AGAIN. THE AIRPLANE AGAIN SETTLED TO THE GROUND SLIDING SIDEWAYS LATERALLY UNTIL THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR STRUT BROKE, SIMULTANEOUSLY THE TAIL SWUNG TO THE RIGHT STRIKING AND BENDING THE AIRFRAME STRUCTURE DIRECTLY BEHIND THE PILOT STATION. AIRCRAFT CAME TO A REST 180 DEGREES FROM THE DIRECTION OF FLIGHT. THE ACCIDENT SCENE WAS .71 MILES SOUTH OF THE PRIVATE AIRSTRIP.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.