What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
The pilot and passenger refueled the aircraft, and the pilot started aircraft and performed a preflight check. Aircraft departed runway (a grass field with a downhill decline) and flew around the local area for approxamately 30 minutes. The aircraft returned to runway, the pilot applied brakes and the aircraft veered left off the runway and hit a utility trailer. The propeller struck the trailer and the trailer embedded itself into the belly of the aircraft. There was damage to the propeller, right wing strut, landing gear and the underside of the fuselage.
As the FAA filed it
THE PILOT AND PASSENGER REFUELED THE AIRCRAFT, AND THE PILOT STARTED AIRCRAFT AND PERFORMED A PREFLIGHT CHECK. AIRCRAFT DEPARTED RUNWAY (A GRASS FIELD WITH A DOWNHILL DECLINE) AND FLEW AROUND THE LOCAL AREA FOR APPROXAMATELY 30 MINUTES. THE AIRCRAFT RETURNED TO RUNWAY, THE PILOT APPLIED BRAKES AND THE AIRCRAFT VEERED LEFT OFF THE RUNWAY AND HIT A UTILITY TRAILER. THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE TRAILER AND THE TRAILER EMBEDDED ITSELF INTO THE BELLY OF THE AIRCRAFT. THERE WAS DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLER, RIGHT WING STRUT, LANDING GEAR AND THE UNDERSIDE OF THE FUSELAGE.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.