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Thank you all! We're trying to find the people that helped at the scene, we want to personally Thank them. The handle was working fine. He had the interior redone a few years ago. All he wanted was a new headliner that was cracked and he went to pick it up from Longview and they had done all the inside. It was TERRIBLE!!! They drilled holes that cracked new liner and didn't even use them, just screwed it in a different place, didn't even use matching screws. Almost like whatever they could find in the shop. They glued the few instruction plates back on and allowed the glue to drip out. They didn't even reinstall the curtains, just shoved them in a bag and handed them to him after they took the payment!! DO NOT USE ANY of the companies in Longview, TX. All are a bunch of hacks/ crooks.

Hello all, I am the passenger of N231GZ - M20 Rocket Engineering conversion to turbo prop inner-cooled. I'm not a pilot so I only know a little bit. Pilot/ Physician is instrument rated for 22 years. Trained in a Mooney because it was built in Texas and could be converted by Rocket. We travel throughout Texas doing exams for the state for work injuries. Hangered in Addison field for 22 years. IFR coming home from our monthly trip to Abilene, 5 mile final 2000 ft. locked onto the ILS, engine failure. Pilot tried multiple things to restart with no success, then just "flew the airplane". Couldn't see the ground until about 400ft. and saw the street/ trees, not a very hard landing until we were lunged forward. Prop was feathered before we crashed. We now know we hit the light pole, but I think the left wing was still attached and barely on fire when we were pulled from the plane. Neither of us lost conscience, the handle fell off inside and I was unable to open the door. Someone came up to the window and we told him to pull outer latch and they got us out. I am now home with broken radius, repaired with surgery, broken facial bones will not require surgery. Pilot fractured L2 that severed nerve, had surgery and nerve will heel in 18 months but may have a drop foot, and stitches in forehead. He should be home in a few days. If he weren't such an amazing pilot with a ton of experience and God watching over us, we wouldn't have made it for sure!