What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
privacy data omitted Departed runway 18, video evidence shows a normal takeoff with no indications of any problems; the aircraft goes out of view of the camera then reappears in the distance at a step rapid decent followed by a fireball and heavy smoke. Arrived on scene of single engine Cirrus aircraft crashed in driveway behind house located at privacy data omitted. The aircraft struck the garage of a house at nose down steep angle descent with a left spin; this is verified by video evidence. The aircraft struck the roof, went through the garage and out the back coming to rest about 30 feet from the structure. Both the house and aircraft were destroyed by post impact fire. The investigation revealed all control cables were intact but continuity from control collum to flight control surfaces could not be verified due to heavy fire damage. The propeller blades and spinner indicate rotational power at the time of impact. The engine has heavy impact, and fire damage attempted to rotate engine by hand with negative results. An on-scene engine teardown was performed but with negative finding of premature engine failure.
As the FAA filed it
^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DEPARTED RUNWAY 18, VIDEO EVIDENCE SHOWS A NORMAL TAKEOFF WITH NO INDICATIONS OF ANY PROBLEMS; THE AIRCRAFT GOES OUT OF VIEW OF THE CAMERA THEN REAPPEARS IN THE DISTANCE AT A STEP RAPID DECENT FOLLOWED BY A FIREBALL AND HEAVY SMOKE. ARRIVED ON SCENE OF SINGLE ENGINE CIRRUS AIRCRAFT CRASHED IN DRIVEWAY BEHIND HOUSE LOCATED AT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE GARAGE OF A HOUSE AT NOSE DOWN STEEP ANGLE DESCENT WITH A LEFT SPIN; THIS IS VERIFIED BY VIDEO EVIDENCE. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE ROOF, WENT THROUGH THE GARAGE AND OUT THE BACK COMING TO REST ABOUT 30 FEET FROM THE STRUCTURE. BOTH THE HOUSE AND AIRCRAFT WERE DESTROYED BY POST IMPACT FIRE. THE INVESTIGATION REVEALED ALL CONTROL CABLES WERE INTACT BUT CONTINUITY FROM CONTROL COLLUM TO FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACES COULD NOT BE VERIFIED DUE TO HEAVY FIRE DAMAGE. THE PROPELLER BLADES AND SPINNER INDICATE ROTATIONAL POWER AT THE TIME OF IMPACT. THE ENGINE HAS HEAVY IMPACT, AND FIRE DAMAGE ATTEMPTED TO ROTATE ENGINE BY HAND WITH NEGATIVE RESULTS. AN ON-SCENE ENGINE TEARDOWN WAS PERFORMED BUT WITH NEGATIVE FINDING OF PREMATURE ENGINE FAILURE.
NTSB investigation
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