What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
(-23) On July 24,2008, at approximately 1200 EDT, while operating his Bell 47G3B2, N4029G, privacy data omitted executed an emergency landing in a cornfield approximately seven miles east of Lafayette, Indiana. privacy data omitted Departed from mcx at approximately 0730 EDT and had been conducting aerosol applications to fields around Lafayette all morning. At approximately 1200 EDT, while executing a climbing and descending turn, he attempted to add power but the engine was unresponsive. He immediately began dumping his payload of pesticide/fungicide product but was unable to correct the sink rate when his boom caught the top of the cornstalks.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) ON JULY 24,2008, AT APPROXIMATELY 1200 EDT, WHILE OPERATING HIS BELL 47G3B2, N4029G, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ EXECUTED AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A CORNFIELD APPROXIMATELY SEVEN MILES EAST OF LAFAYETTE, INDIANA. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DEPARTED FROM MCX AT APPROXIMATELY 0730 EDT AND HAD BEEN CONDUCTING AEROSOL APPLICATIONS TO FIELDS AROUND LAFAYETTE ALL MORNING. AT APPROXIMATELY 1200 EDT, WHILE EXECUTING A CLIMBING AND DESCENDING TURN, HE ATTEMPTED TO ADD POWER BUT THE ENGINE WAS UNRESPONSIVE. HE IMMEDIATELY BEGAN DUMPING HIS PAYLOAD OF PESTICIDE/FUNGICIDE PRODUCT BUT WAS UNABLE TO CORRECT THE SINK RATE WHEN HIS BOOM CAUGHT THE TOP OF THE CORNSTALKS.
NTSB investigation
The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.