What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Pilot noticed that he was low in altitude and did not have the altitude to return to origination airport. Pilot sought cloud hoping for an updraft to gain altitude but onboard emergency engine failed to start and was not able to help pilot gain altitude. Pilot the sought place to land around privacy data omitted. As he was circling looking for places to land, he clipped the top of an oak tree, broke off the wingtip which further caused the plane to flip inverted and crash into a backyard the skid into the street. Aircraft was on a neighborhood stree inverted with pilot trapped in the crewstation. Pilot sustained serious cuts and bruising to his head, arms and legs and was airlifted to the hospital for evaluation.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT NOTICED THAT HE WAS LOW IN ALTITUDE AND DID NOT HAVE THE ALTITUDE TO RETURN TO ORIGINATION AIRPORT. PILOT SOUGHT CLOUD HOPING FOR AN UPDRAFT TO GAIN ALTITUDE BUT ONBOARD EMERGENCY ENGINE FAILED TO START AND WAS NOT ABLE TO HELP PILOT GAIN ALTITUDE. PILOT THE SOUGHT PLACE TO LAND AROUND ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. AS HE WAS CIRCLING LOOKING FOR PLACES TO LAND, HE CLIPPED THE TOP OF AN OAK TREE, BROKE OFF THE WINGTIP WHICH FURTHER CAUSED THE PLANE TO FLIP INVERTED AND CRASH INTO A BACKYARD THE SKID INTO THE STREET. AIRCRAFT WAS ON A NEIGHBORHOOD STREE INVERTED WITH PILOT TRAPPED IN THE CREWSTATION. PILOT SUSTAINED SERIOUS CUTS AND BRUISING TO HIS HEAD, ARMS AND LEGS AND WAS AIRLIFTED TO THE HOSPITAL FOR EVALUATION.
NTSB investigation
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