What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Pilot was operating from a closed gravel road (noble rd.) with another pilot in the aerial application of a dry fertilizer to a mint field. At the time of the accident the pilot had already dispensed his load of dry fertilizer and was in a holding pattern waiting for the other aircraft to clear the road they were operating from. Witnesses stated the subject was "slow flying at 500' into the wind (estimated to be 15 mph) when the left wing stalled and he entered a spin to the left and did not recover". The primary witness was the second pilot involved in the aerial application. At the time of the accident he was located in N81541 a M-18A preparing to take off again. The aircraft impacted the earth in a dry hay field with a nose down attitude with very little lateral movement.
As the FAA filed it
PILOT WAS OPERATING FROM A CLOSED GRAVEL ROAD (NOBLE RD.) WITH ANOTHER PILOT IN THE AERIAL APPLICATION OF A DRY FERTILIZER TO A MINT FIELD. AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT THE PILOT HAD ALREADY DISPENSED HIS LOAD OF DRY FERTILIZER AND WAS IN A HOLDING PATTERN WAITING FOR THE OTHER AIRCRAFT TO CLEAR THE ROAD THEY WERE OPERATING FROM. WITNESSES STATED THE SUBJECT WAS "SLOW FLYING AT 500' INTO THE WIND (ESTIMATED TO BE 15 MPH) WHEN THE LEFT WING STALLED AND HE ENTERED A SPIN TO THE LEFT AND DID NOT RECOVER". THE PRIMARY WITNESS WAS THE SECOND PILOT INVOLVED IN THE AERIAL APPLICATION. AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT HE WAS LOCATED IN N81541 A M-18A PREPARING TO TAKE OFF AGAIN. THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE EARTH IN A DRY HAY FIELD WITH A NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE WITH VERY LITTLE LATERAL MOVEMENT.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.