What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
privacy data omitted Was PIC and had two friends along for the flight. Departed srq and headed down the coast to pgd. The takeoff, climb out and cruise down to pgd was perfectly normal. PIC flew a practice GPS approach to runway 04 with a low approach only and then began to climb out for a return to srq. The climb out was normal until about 800 ft. when, all of a sudden, the engine stopped producing power. It was still running at what appeared to be flight idle, but was producing no thrust. PIC immediately notified the tower that they needed to return to the field because of engine trouble. Pilot switched tanks and turned on the boost pump - to no avail. Manipulation of the throttle and the mix had no effect. It quickly became obvious that they did not have the altitude to make the runway, so PIC aimed for a grassy area short of the runway. PIC waited till the last minute to put the gear down. Aircraft landed hard in the grass about 200 ft. short of the runway. The apparent damage to the plane was: the gear doors on both main gear were bent; the position light on the left wing was broken and there was a prop strike in the grass.
As the FAA filed it
^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS PIC AND HAD TWO FRIENDS ALONG FOR THE FLIGHT. DEPARTED SRQ AND HEADED DOWN THE COAST TO PGD. THE TAKEOFF, CLIMB OUT AND CRUISE DOWN TO PGD WAS PERFECTLY NORMAL. PIC FLEW A PRACTICE GPS APPROACH TO RUNWAY 04 WITH A LOW APPROACH ONLY AND THEN BEGAN TO CLIMB OUT FOR A RETURN TO SRQ. THE CLIMB OUT WAS NORMAL UNTIL ABOUT 800 FT. WHEN, ALL OF A SUDDEN, THE ENGINE STOPPED PRODUCING POWER. IT WAS STILL RUNNING AT WHAT APPEARED TO BE FLIGHT IDLE, BUT WAS PRODUCING NO THRUST. PIC IMMEDIATELY NOTIFIED THE TOWER THAT THEY NEEDED TO RETURN TO THE FIELD BECAUSE OF ENGINE TROUBLE. PILOT SWITCHED TANKS AND TURNED ON THE BOOST PUMP - TO NO AVAIL. MANIPULATION OF THE THROTTLE AND THE MIX HAD NO EFFECT. IT QUICKLY BECAME OBVIOUS THAT THEY DID NOT HAVE THE ALTITUDE TO MAKE THE RUNWAY, SO PIC AIMED FOR A GRASSY AREA SHORT OF THE RUNWAY. PIC WAITED TILL THE LAST MINUTE TO PUT THE GEAR DOWN. AIRCRAFT LANDED HARD IN THE GRASS ABOUT 200 FT. SHORT OF THE RUNWAY. THE APPARENT DAMAGE TO THE PLANE WAS: THE GEAR DOORS ON BOTH MAIN GEAR WERE BENT; THE POSITION LIGHT ON THE LEFT WING WAS BROKEN AND THERE WAS A PROP STRIKE IN THE GRASS.