What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Aircraft was conducting aerial spraying operations. Aircraft departed with 300 gallons of product and ¾ fuel. It was the pilot?s second load of the morning.
While making turn around near end of load dispersal the aircraft impacted the ground. At impact, fuselage was near vertical approximately 70 degrees nose down, inverted, right wing low. Fuselage broke from wing and came to rest inverted parallel next to wing.
Damage pattern on aircraft, including accordion-pattern of wing-skin wrinkling, failure of tail section components; debris-field distribution; ground scaring; and resting location/position of aircraft structure indicate a high angle of impact and low forward speed with no groundspeed vector, all consistent with a low altitude stall/spin with right wing impacting ground first.
As the FAA filed it
AIRCRAFT WAS CONDUCTING AERIAL SPRAYING OPERATIONS. AIRCRAFT DEPARTED WITH 300 GALLONS OF PRODUCT AND ¾ FUEL. IT WAS THE PILOT?S SECOND LOAD OF THE MORNING.
WHILE MAKING TURN AROUND NEAR END OF LOAD DISPERSAL THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND. AT IMPACT, FUSELAGE WAS NEAR VERTICAL APPROXIMATELY 70 DEGREES NOSE DOWN, INVERTED, RIGHT WING LOW. FUSELAGE BROKE FROM WING AND CAME TO REST INVERTED PARALLEL NEXT TO WING.
DAMAGE PATTERN ON AIRCRAFT, INCLUDING ACCORDION-PATTERN OF WING-SKIN WRINKLING, FAILURE OF TAIL SECTION COMPONENTS; DEBRIS-FIELD DISTRIBUTION; GROUND SCARING; AND RESTING LOCATION/POSITION OF AIRCRAFT STRUCTURE INDICATE A HIGH ANGLE OF IMPACT AND LOW FORWARD SPEED WITH NO GROUNDSPEED VECTOR, ALL CONSISTENT WITH A LOW ALTITUDE STALL/SPIN WITH RIGHT WING IMPACTING GROUND FIRST.
NTSB investigation
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