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(.4)During a repositioning flight, the airplane departed controlled flight and impacted the terrain. No pre-existing anomalies were found during a post accident examination of the airplane and engine. A post mortem examination of the pilot and a toxicological examination of specimens from the pilot were negative. The pilot had an appointment at his office at 1300. The distance from the arrival airport to his office was 12.2 miles. (-23) on March 12, 1998, at approximately 1130 am EST, a Piper PA-32-260, N55059 crashed on downwind to runway 18 at Brookside airport, mccordsville, Indiana. The pilot held a private pilot certificate with airplane single engine land and airplane instrument rating. The pilot's first approach was high and resulted in a go-around. During the go-around the aircraft stalled as it joined the left downwind for runway 18. During the stall the left wing dropped and the aircraft started a left spiral and impacted the ground in a nose down attitude into the corn field approximately 400 feet east of the runway. The pilot who was the sole occupant of the aircraft, suffered fatal injuries. The flaps at the time of the accident were in the full dow n position. The aircraft was destroyed by the impact into the corn field. The weather at the time of the accident was clear, with better than 10 NM visibility, and the wind out of the north northwest at 5 to 10 knots.