What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
The aircraft departed mby to return to the worksite, with 80 gallons of 100LL fuel and 200 gallons of chemical on board. Density altitude at the work site at the time of the accident was approximately 3,250 ft. an eyewitness to the accident reported that while the aircraft was flying back to the worksite, it was flying in an unusually nose-high attitude. The aircraft then began to spray the field and on a turn around to begin the next swath, the landing gear struck a tree approximately 65 feet high. Control was lost and the aircraft impacted the ground 304 feet from the tree in a right wing low, nose low attitude. A post-crash fire consumed the aircraft.
As the FAA filed it
THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED MBY TO RETURN TO THE WORKSITE, WITH 80 GALLONS OF 100LL FUEL AND 200 GALLONS OF CHEMICAL ON BOARD. DENSITY ALTITUDE AT THE WORK SITE AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT WAS APPROXIMATELY 3,250 FT.AN EYEWITNESS TO THE ACCIDENT REPORTED THAT WHILE THE AIRCRAFT WAS FLYING BACK TO THE WORKSITE, IT WAS FLYING IN AN UNUSUALLY NOSE-HIGH ATTITUDE. THE AIRCRAFT THEN BEGAN TO SPRAY THE FIELD AND ON A TURN AROUND TO BEGIN THE NEXT SWATH, THE LANDING GEAR STRUCK A TREE APPROXIMATELY 65 FEET HIGH. CONTROL WAS LOST AND THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND 304 FEET FROM THE TREE IN A RIGHT WING LOW, NOSE LOW ATTITUDE. A POST-CRASH FIRE CONSUMED THE AIRCRAFT.
NTSB investigation
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