What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
(.4)Witnesses reported seeing an airplane flying at low altitudes, 100 to 300 feet AGL, prior to the accident. One witness reported the airplane was flying like a cropduster. The airplane completed two circles between 200 to 300 feet AGL over a farmstead where family members of the pilot were having a gathering. The airplane proceeded west. It was observed climbing up and then entered a right bank. It then impacted the ground in a right wing down, nose low attitude in a wheat field. The wreckage path was about 50 feet long on a 030 magnetic heading. The propeller had separated from the propeller shaft. A witness described the maneuver as similar to a wingover, but the other turns observed were described as normal banked turns. Neither the pilot-in command of the flight, nor the manipulator of the controls at the time of the accident could be determined. The flight controls and engine exhibited continuity.
As the FAA filed it
(.4)WITNESSES REPORTED SEEING AN AIRPLANE FLYING AT LOW ALTITUDES, 100 TO 300 FEET AGL, PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT. ONE WITNESS REPORTED THE AIRPLANE WAS FLYING LIKE A CROPDUSTER. THE AIRPLANE COMPLETED TWO CIRCLES BETWEEN 200 TO 300 FEET AGL OVER A FARMSTEAD WHERE FAMILY MEMBERS OF THE PILOT WERE HAVING A GATHERING. THE AIRPLANE PROCEEDED WEST. IT WAS OBSERVED CLIMBING UP AND THEN ENTERED A RIGHT BANK. IT THEN IMPACTED THE GROUND IN A RIGHT WING DOWN, NOSE LOW ATTITUDE IN A WHEAT FIELD. THE WRECKAGE PATH WAS ABOUT 50 FEET LONG ON A 030 MAGNETIC HEADING. THE PROPELLER HAD SEPARATED FROM THE PROPELLER SHAFT. A WITNESS DESCRIBED THE MANEUVER AS SIMILAR TO A WINGOVER, BUT THE OTHER TURNS OBSERVED WERE DESCRIBED AS NORMAL BANKED TURNS. NEITHER THE PILOT-IN COMMAND OF THE FLIGHT, NOR THE MANIPULATOR OF THE CONTROLS AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT COULD BE DETERMINED. THE FLIGHT CONTROLS AND ENGINE EXHIBITED CONTINUITY.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.