Aviation Accident Summary MKC88DCD03

ELDORA, IA, USA

Aircraft #1

N9612P

PIPER PA-25-235

Analysis

PILOT WAS SPRAYING A BEAN FIELD WHEN A WITNESS SAW HIS AIRCRAFT STRIKE THE GROUND. THE AIRCRAFT THEN CLIMBED TO APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET AND LEVELED OFF. IT THEN BEGAN A GENTLE CLIMB, THEN ENTERED A SPIN AND DESENDED INTO THE GROUND. EXAMINATION OF THE AIRCRAFT FOUND NO PRE-IMPACT MECHANICAL PROBLEMS.

 

Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database

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