What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
(-23) June 18, 2008, at approximately 13:40 cdst, N6601Q a Grumman G-164B ag cat crashed while doing maneuvers for aerial applicatoin. Visual meteorlogical conditions prevailed with a light mist and no flight plan had been filed, visibility was 10 miles and the wind was out of the north at 6 mph. privacy data omitted Was piloting the aircraft and turning to make his last pass on the field for the application of granulated fertilizer. The aircraft was in a hard right bank and the pilot stated that the stick went to the instrument panel and the aircraft simply fall out of the sky impacting almost perpendicular to the ground the aircraft was destroyed but the pilot was able to extricate himself receiving serious injuries and move away from the aircraft as it caught fire and was partially consumed.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) JUNE 18, 2008, AT APPROXIMATELY 13:40 CDST, N6601Q A GRUMMAN G-164B AG CAT CRASHED WHILE DOING MANEUVERS FOR AERIAL APPLICATOIN. VISUAL METEORLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED WITH A LIGHT MIST AND NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED, VISIBILITY WAS 10 MILES AND THE WIND WAS OUT OF THE NORTH AT 6 MPH. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS PILOTING THE AIRCRAFT AND TURNING TO MAKE HIS LAST PASS ON THE FIELD FOR THE APPLICATION OF GRANULATED FERTILIZER. THE AIRCRAFT WAS IN A HARD RIGHT BANK AND THE PILOT STATED THAT THE STICK WENT TO THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AND THE AIRCRAFT SIMPLY FALL OUT OF THE SKY IMPACTING ALMOST PERPENDICULAR TO THE GROUND THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED BUT THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO EXTRICATE HIMSELF RECEIVING SERIOUS INJURIES AND MOVE AWAY FROM THE AIRCRAFT AS IT CAUGHT FIRE AND WAS PARTIALLY CONSUMED.
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