What happened
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
In late afternoon on the day of the crash, the pilot performed a preflight inspection, an engine run up and took off from his private farm airstrip to practice agricultural application operations. After approximately 30 minutes of flying, and during a "spray run", the engine slowly but steadily lost power resulting in a total loss of power. The pilot was able to gain enough altitude to identify a nearby soybean field as a place to land. He touched down going up hill. Cresting the hill, the aircraft turned slightly to the left at which point the right main landing gear separated from the aircraft and the aircraft came to rest upright with the right wing laying on the ground. With the exception of a small abrasion on the right arm, the pilot was uninjured.
Visible damage included the deformed right wing, right wing tip broken off, the right landing gear separated from the aircraft, dents to the front lower engine cowling and a bent prop blade.
An undetermined amount of fuel was found in the single header tank. The fuel shutoff control in the cockpit was found to be in the on position. Approximately one pint of fuel was sumped from the fuel tank. No contamination was observed.
A malfunction or defect report will be submitted if additional information becomes available at a later date.
As the FAA filed it
IN LATE AFTERNOON ON THE DAY OF THE CRASH, THE PILOT PERFORMED A PREFLIGHT INSPECTION, AN ENGINE RUN UP AND TOOK OFF FROM HIS PRIVATE FARM AIRSTRIP TO PRACTICE AGRICULTURAL APPLICATION OPERATIONS. AFTER APPROXIMATELY 30 MINUTES OF FLYING, AND DURING A "SPRAY RUN", THE ENGINE SLOWLY BUT STEADILY LOST POWER RESULTING IN A TOTAL LOSS OF POWER. THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO GAIN ENOUGH ALTITUDE TO IDENTIFY A NEARBY SOYBEAN FIELD AS A PLACE TO LAND. HE TOUCHED DOWN GOING UP HILL. CRESTING THE HILL, THE AIRCRAFT TURNED SLIGHTLY TO THE LEFT AT WHICH POINT THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR SEPARATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT AND THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST UPRIGHT WITH THE RIGHT WING LAYING ON THE GROUND. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF A SMALL ABRASION ON THE RIGHT ARM, THE PILOT WAS UNINJURED.
VISIBLE DAMAGE INCLUDED THE DEFORMED RIGHT WING, RIGHT WING TIP BROKEN OFF, THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR SEPARATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT, DENTS TO THE FRONT LOWER ENGINE COWLING AND A BENT PROP BLADE.
AN UNDETERMINED AMOUNT OF FUEL WAS FOUND IN THE SINGLE HEADER TANK. THE FUEL SHUTOFF CONTROL IN THE COCKPIT WAS FOUND TO BE IN THE ON POSITION. APPROXIMATELY ONE PINT OF FUEL WAS SUMPED FROM THE FUEL TANK. NO CONTAMINATION WAS OBSERVED.
A MALFUNCTION OR DEFECT REPORT WILL BE SUBMITTED IF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE AT A LATER DATE.
NTSB investigation
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