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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Piper PA-36-285 · Plover, WI · June 22, 1987

Date: June 22, 1987 · 07:30 local
Place: Plover, WI
Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
Operator: PFIG
Damage: Destroyed
Aircraft: N57791
NTSB investigation: NTSBCHI87DEP07
Reported as: Piper PA36285
Reported engine: Lycoming IO720D1C
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 4,950 total828 in this make and model103 in the last 90 days

N57791Registration cancelled Mar 8, 1989 · Piper PA-36-285S/N 367660105 Airframe modelPiper PA-36-285

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What happened

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Blinded by sun on pull up from spray run a wing hit a tree. Aircraft spun around hit ground with wing. Cartwheeled.

As the FAA filed it

BLINDED BY SUN ON PULL UP FROM SPRAY RUN A WING HIT A TREE. AIRCRAFT SPUN AROUND HIT GROUND WITH WING. CARTWHEELED.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.

NTSB CHI87DEP07Accident · Serious injuriesFinal reportPlover, WIAfter spraying most of a bean crop, the plt was making clean-up swaths over an area at the north side of the field. This area had bldgs to the west & trees to the east. To avoid flying toward the bldgs, the plt elected to make the passes to the east (toward…Jun 22, 1987 · Destroyed