What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Aircraft had just performed touch and go at Siler City airport and was beginning climbout when they radioed another training aircraft that they were having a problem and needed to land.
It appears that privacy data omitted was having engine power issues, attempted to perform an emergency landing, stalled short of an open field, and crashed at a steep angle into the woods approximately a mile southeast of the airport and immediately caught fire.
As the FAA filed it
AIRCRAFT HAD JUST PERFORMED TOUCH AND GO AT SILER CITY AIRPORT AND WAS BEGINNING CLIMBOUT WHEN THEY RADIOED ANOTHER TRAINING AIRCRAFT THAT THEY WERE HAVING A PROBLEM AND NEEDED TO LAND.
IT APPEARS THAT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS HAVING ENGINE POWER ISSUES, ATTEMPTED TO PERFORM AN EMERGENCY LANDING, STALLED SHORT OF AN OPEN FIELD, AND CRASHED AT A STEEP ANGLE INTO THE WOODS APPROXIMATELY A MILE SOUTHEAST OF THE AIRPORT AND IMMEDIATELY CAUGHT FIRE.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.