His flight instructor certificate was last issued on August 16, 1992, and his flight engineer certificate for turbojet-powered aircraft was issued May 31, 1966. He held commercial and flight instructor ratings for airplane single-engine land. He held type ratings in the DC-9 and B-727. The pilot held Airline Transport Pilot certificate Number 1502470, with privileges for airplane multi-engine land. Due to numerous trees between his vantage point and the accident site, he did not observe the aircraft hit the powerline or impact the terrain.Īnother witness, who lives within one mile of the crash site, stated that he heard an aircraft fly over his property and then observed the powerline near his residence shake and sway. About three minutes after takeoff, he heard engine RPM increase for a few seconds, and then a sudden stoppage of the engine and impact. The farm owner, who was the primary witness, stated that the pilot made a normal takeoff from his farm airstrip to the southeast. Upon his arrival, the pilot and the farm owner flushed and cleaned the spray tank, screens and nozzles and loaded twenty to thirty gallons of water into the aircraft spray tank. Earlier in the day, the pilot departed 31P for McCanles Farm Airstrip. Independence Memorial Airport (31P), Independence, Missouri, was the operations base for Air Cover, Inc., the agricultural aircraft operating business owned by the pilot.
The airplane, which was approved for use under 14 CFR Part 137, was being flown at the time of the accident to test its spray nozzles. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident and no flight plan was filed. The airplane was destroyed upon impact there was no fire. The Airline Transport certificated pilot was fatally injured. On July 5, 1994, at 1650 central daylight time (CDT), an Aero Commander, Calair A-9B, N7965V, owned and operated by Air Cover, Inc., of Chilhowee, Missouri, was destroyed when it impacted terrain after striking powerlines during a practice swath run at McCanles Farm Airstrip, five miles east-southeast of Excelsior Springs, Missouri.
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