MOORE, ID, USA
N3742E
PIPER PA-36-300
DURING AN AERIAL APPLICATION TURN A RAPID RATE OF DESCENT DEVELOPED. THE PILOT RELEASED THE CHEMICAL LOAD AT ABOUT 100 FEET AGL AND THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO DESCEND TO THE GROUND EVEN THOUGH THE PILOT LEVELED THE WINGS AND INITIALLY LOWERED THE NOSE. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE GROUND IN A WINGS LEVEL ATTITUDE CONTACTING AND EMBANKMENT NOSE FIRST AND THEN COMING TO REST AFTER CROSSING A ROAD. THE DENSITY ALTITUDE AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT WAS APRX 8,800 FT.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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