LAKE PLACID, FL, USA
N84666
Cessna A188B
While performing aerial application the aircraft struck a piece of farm equipment parked in the field. The right main landing gear separated. The pilot finished applying the load of chemical and returned to the landing strip he was operating from. During landing the right contacted the ground and was damaged.
On March 19, 2000, about 0740 eastern standard time, a Cessna A188B, N84666, registered to Eure Brothers, Inc., collided with farm equipment while performing aerial application near Lake Placid, Florida, while on a Title 14 CFR Part 137 aerial application flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed. The aircraft received substantial damage and the commercial-rated pilot was not injured. The flight originated from Lake Placid, Florida, the same day, about 0730. The pilot stated that during aerial application, the aircraft collided with a piece of farm equipment parked in the field. The right main landing gear separated. He finished applying the chemical load and returned to the landing strip from which he was operating. During landing, the right wing contacted the ground and received damage.
The pilots inadequate visual outlook while performing aerial application resulting in the aircraft colliding with a piece of farm equipment which was parked in the field which caused the right main landing gear to separate and damage to the right wing during landing.
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