ON TAKEOFF WITH 3 PASSENGERS AND FULL FUEL THE PILOT PULLED THE NOSE UP AND PUSHED THE NOSE BACK DOWN TO BUILD AIRPSEED.THE AIRCRAFT BECAME UNCONTROLLABLE, VEERED TO THE LEFT, NOSED OVER IMPACTING THE GROUND LEFT WING FIRST. THE FIELD ELEVATION IS 1040 FEET MSL AND THE TEMPERATURE WAS 87 DEGREES.

The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident to be:

Contributing Factors

WEATHER CONDITION..HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE

Contributing Factors

STALL..INADVERTENT..PILOT IN COMMAND

Contributing Factors

TERRAIN CONDITION..OPEN FIELD

Contributing Factors

TERRAIN CONDITION..SOFT

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