ROLLING FORK, MS, USA
N8820Q
AERO COMMANDER S2R
THE PILOT REPORTED THE ENGINE FAILED WHILE HE WAS ON AN AGRICULTURAL APPLICATION SPRAY RUN. HE ATTEMPTED A FORCED LANDING TO A RICE FIELD AND THE AIRPLANE FLIPPED OVER ON LANDING. NO CAUSE FOR THE ENGINE FAILURE WAS DETERMINED.
On July 3, 1994, about 1600 central daylight time, N8820Q, an Aero Commander S2R, registered to Donnie T. Uzzle, crashed in Rolling Fork, Mississippi, while on a 14 CFR Part 137 aerial application flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed for the local flight. The commercial-rated pilot reported no injuries and the airplane was substantially damaged. The flight originated about 15 minutes earlier. The pilot stated that he was applying chemicals to a field when the engine failed. He attempted a forced landing to a rice field and the airplane flipped over on landing. Local FAA personnel examined the airplane and no cause for the engine failure was determined.
THE LOSS OF ENGINE POWER FOR UNDETERMINED CAUSES. CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WAS THE UNSUITABLE TERRAIN ENCOUNTERED DURING THE FORCED LANDING.
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