Piper PA-36 N57791

Summary

On 22 June 1987 at about 12:30 local time, a Piper PA-36 registered N57791 was involved in an accident near Plover, Wisconsin, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

22 June 1987 at 12:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Plover, Wisconsin, United States

Coordinates

44.4601, -89.5397

Aircraft

Piper PA-36

Registration

N57791

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 137: Agricultural

Purpose of flight

Aerial Application

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Plover → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI87DEP07

1 person was seriously injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

AFTER SPRAYING MOST OF A BEAN CROP, THE PLT WAS MAKING CLEAN-UP SWATHS OVER AN AREA AT THE NORTH SIDE OF THE FIELD. THIS AREA HAD BLDGS TO THE WEST & TREES TO THE EAST. TO AVOID FLYING TOWARD THE BLDGS, THE PLT ELECTED TO MAKE THE PASSES TO THE EAST (TOWARD THE SUN). AS HE WAS PULLING UP FROM THE 3RD CLEAN-UP SWATH, THE ACFT ROSE ABOVE THE SHORTER TREES; HOWEVER, THE PLT DID NOT SEE A TALLER TREE DUE TO SUNGLARE & CHEMICAL SPRAY ON HIS WINDSHIELD. THE LEFT WING STRUCK THE TALL TREE, THEN THE ACFT YAWED TO THE LEFT, CRASHED & WAS EXTENSIVELY DMGD.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.