What happened
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(-23)On 5/24/2000, at approximately 12:00 CDT, a throp T-18, N856CW, departed spinks airport, fort worth, Texas, bound for victoria, Texas. At approximately 13:26 CDT, N856CW, was destroyed upon impact with terrain near west, Texas. The aircraft was not located until 6/2/2000. The aircraft impacted in a corn field with an almost vertical nose down attitude with the wings sill attached to the fuselage. The aircraft post imapct indications are that it was in a vertical dive. The airframe was contained around and within a crater measuring approximately 10 feet in depth. Response personnel continued digging into the crater an additional 2 feet in efforts to locate or recover the engine. The aircraft engine was not located. A search through the corn field for a radius of one-half mile did not reveal any additional aircraft parts that would suggest an inflight breakup of this aircraft. The lone occupant received fatal injuries. There were no witnesses to the accident.
As the FAA filed it
(-23)ON 5/24/2000, AT APPROXIMATELY 12:00 CDT, A THROP T-18, N856CW, DEPARTED SPINKS AIRPORT, FORT WORTH, TEXAS, BOUND FOR VICTORIA, TEXAS. AT APPROXIMATELY 13:26 CDT, N856CW, WAS DESTROYED UPON IMPACT WITH TERRAIN NEAR WEST, TEXAS. THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT LOCATED UNTIL 6/2/2000. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED IN A CORN FIELD WITH AN ALMOST VERTICAL NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE WITH THE WINGS SILL ATTACHED TO THE FUSELAGE. THE AIRCRAFT POST IMAPCT INDICATIONS ARE THAT IT WAS IN A VERTICAL DIVE. THE AIRFRAME WAS CONTAINED AROUND AND WITHIN A CRATER MEASURING APPROXIMATELY 10 FEET IN DEPTH. RESPONSE PERSONNEL CONTINUED DIGGING INTO THE CRATER AN ADDITIONAL 2 FEET IN EFFORTS TO LOCATE OR RECOVER THE ENGINE. THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE WAS NOT LOCATED. A SEARCH THROUGH THE CORN FIELD FOR A RADIUS OF ONE-HALF MILE DID NOT REVEAL ANY ADDITIONAL AIRCRAFT PARTS THAT WOULD SUGGEST AN INFLIGHT BREAKUP OF THIS AIRCRAFT. THE LONE OCCUPANT RECEIVED FATAL INJURIES. THERE WERE NO WITNESSES TO THE ACCIDENT.
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