What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
(-23) On may 9, 2008, the pilot privacy data omitted was the pilot of a 1981 PA-36-300 N2368Y, that had just departed the Thomas, Oklahoma (1O4) airport with a load of 150 gallons of water to rinse out the aircraft's hopper of a fungicide that he had been applying to a local wheat field. Shortly after departure when the pilot privacy data omitted made the first power reduction, the engine lost power and although it was still running smoothly the engine would not accelerate. The pilot privacy data omitted then jettisoned the load of water approximately 3/4 of a mile sw of the airport and made an emergency landing in a very lush - 30 inch tall field of wheat. The pilot privacy data omitted landed in a se direction, contacting the ground with the right wing and snapping off the right main landing gear, folding the 3 bladed propeller and tearing free the spray booms - but kept the aircraft upright and exited through right main aircraft door. The pilot privacy data omitted was the sole occupant of the aircraft and was uninjured in the accident. See attached statements.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) ON MAY 9, 2008, THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS THE PILOT OF A 1981 PA-36-300 N2368Y, THAT HAD JUST DEPARTED THE THOMAS, OKLAHOMA (1O4) AIRPORT WITH A LOAD OF 150 GALLONS OF WATER TO RINSE OUT THE AIRCRAFT'S HOPPER OF A FUNGICIDE THAT HE HAD BEEN APPLYING TO A LOCAL WHEAT FIELD. SHORTLY AFTER DEPARTURE WHEN THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ MADE THE FIRST POWER REDUCTION, THE ENGINE LOST POWER AND ALTHOUGH IT WAS STILL RUNNING SMOOTHLY THE ENGINE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THEN JETTISONED THE LOAD OF WATER APPROXIMATELY 3/4 OF A MILE SW OF THE AIRPORT AND MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A VERY LUSH - 30 INCH TALL FIELD OF WHEAT. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ LANDED IN A SE DIRECTION, CONTACTING THE GROUND WITH THE RIGHT WING AND SNAPPING OFF THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR, FOLDING THE 3 BLADED PROPELLER AND TEARING FREE THE SPRAY BOOMS - BUT KEPT THE AIRCRAFT UPRIGHT AND EXITED THROUGH RIGHT MAIN AIRCRAFT DOOR. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT AND WAS UNINJURED IN THE ACCIDENT. SEE ATTACHED STATEMENTS.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.