What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
On August 31, 2023, at 1607 the Sioux county sheriff’s office contacted the des moines flight standards district office (dsm FSDO) to report a possible aircraft accident that happened the prvious day. The investigation revealed on August 30, 2023, the privacy data omitted/pilot was relocating the aircraft from the Sioux County Regional Airport to his residence. The pilot attempted to land the aircraft on a blacktop road near his residence and veered off the road and into the ditch and contacted a power pole with the right wing resulting in substatial damage to the aircraft.
A substantial period of time lapsed before the privacy data omitted responded to attempts to inspect the aircraft and make a determination that the event rose to the level of an accident or even incident which created an abstracted period of time between the accident and the creation of this document.
As the FAA filed it
ON AUGUST 31, 2023, AT 1607 THE SIOUX COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE CONTACTED THE DES MOINES FLIGHT STANDARDS DISTRICT OFFICE (DSM FSDO) TO REPORT A POSSIBLE AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT THAT HAPPENED THE PRVIOUS DAY. THE INVESTIGATION REVEALED ON AUGUST 30, 2023, THE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^/PILOT WAS RELOCATING THE AIRCRAFT FROM THE SIOUX COUNTY REGIONAL AIRPORT TO HIS RESIDENCE. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO LAND THE AIRCRAFT ON A BLACKTOP ROAD NEAR HIS RESIDENCE AND VEERED OFF THE ROAD AND INTO THE DITCH AND CONTACTED A POWER POLE WITH THE RIGHT WING RESULTING IN SUBSTATIAL DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.
A SUBSTANTIAL PERIOD OF TIME LAPSED BEFORE THE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ RESPONDED TO ATTEMPTS TO INSPECT THE AIRCRAFT AND MAKE A DETERMINATION THAT THE EVENT ROSE TO THE LEVEL OF AN ACCIDENT OR EVEN INCIDENT WHICH CREATED AN ABSTRACTED PERIOD OF TIME BETWEEN THE ACCIDENT AND THE CREATION OF THIS DOCUMENT.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.