What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
The pilot stated that they were attempting to land at night and that the airspeed indicator was dim and hard to read. So the pilot was fixated on the airspeed indicator and lost situational awareness on thier appraoch to landing causing the aircraft to land short of the runway and sturck the nose gear first which caused it to pitched 90 degrees which caused the main strut to contact the ground. The aircraft slid 150 ft down an embankment and caught on fire causing the aircraft to be destroyed.
As the FAA filed it
THE PILOT STATED THAT THEY WERE ATTEMPTING TO LAND AT NIGHT AND THAT THE AIRSPEED INDICATOR WAS DIM AND HARD TO READ. SO THE PILOT WAS FIXATED ON THE AIRSPEED INDICATOR AND LOST SITUATIONAL AWARENESS ON THIER APPRAOCH TO LANDING CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO LAND SHORT OF THE RUNWAY AND STURCK THE NOSE GEAR FIRST WHICH CAUSED IT TO PITCHED 90 DEGREES WHICH CAUSED THE MAIN STRUT TO CONTACT THE GROUND. THE AIRCRAFT SLID 150 FT DOWN AN EMBANKMENT AND CAUGHT ON FIRE CAUSING THE AIRCRAFT TO BE DESTROYED.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.