What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
The pilot was performing touch and go’s, landed right of center line of the runway. The runways shows skid marks from the nose and right tires heading off runway into the grass on the left side of the runway, struck old PAPI light cement block with the nose wheel, and flipped the aircraft.
Examining the cockpit found - alt and batt master “off”, mag switch “off”, avionics master “on”, carb heat was on, throttle was in idle position, mixture was full rich, flap lever was 30 degrees.
As the FAA filed it
THE PILOT WAS PERFORMING TOUCH AND GO’S, LANDED RIGHT OF CENTER LINE OF THE RUNWAY. THE RUNWAYS SHOWS SKID MARKS FROM THE NOSE AND RIGHT TIRES HEADING OFF RUNWAY INTO THE GRASS ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, STRUCK OLD PAPI LIGHT CEMENT BLOCK WITH THE NOSE WHEEL, AND FLIPPED THE AIRCRAFT.
EXAMINING THE COCKPIT FOUND - ALT AND BATT MASTER “OFF”, MAG SWITCH “OFF”, AVIONICS MASTER “ON”, CARB HEAT WAS ON, THROTTLE WAS IN IDLE POSITION, MIXTURE WAS FULL RICH, FLAP LEVER WAS 30 DEGREES.
NTSB investigation
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