Snow 600-S2C N8703V

Summary

On 21 July 2001 at about 15:50 local time, a Snow 600-S2C registered N8703V was involved in an accident near Plainfield, Wisconsin, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

21 July 2001 at 15:50

Classification

Accident

Location

Plainfield, Wisconsin, United States

Coordinates

44.2095, -89.4900

Aircraft

Snow 600-S2C

Registration

N8703V

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 137: Agricultural

Purpose of flight

Aerial Application

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Bancroft → Bancroft

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI01LA240

Nobody was injured.

The pilot not maintaining aircraft control while maneuvering on the aerial application flight. A factor to the accident was the encountered stall/mush at a low altitude.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot reported that while in a turn after a spray run, "... the aircraft felt to slow and the controls were mushy. I lowered the nose, shallowed the turn and added full power. However, I was unable to recover from the near stall before contact with the ground occured. The aircraft contacted the ground in a flat, level attitude with an east heading in an unfarmed field about 200 yards west of the potato field. The terrain was flat and there were no obstacles." The pilot did not report any mechanical malfunctions on his accident report.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.