What happened
While performing agricultural spraying operations, the pilot of an aerial application airplane completed a swath run and began a turn-around maneuver over an adjacent field. During the final stage of this maneuver, the aircraft struck the ground with its left wing tip.
Upon impact, the aircraft rotated approximately 200 degrees from its original path. The wreckage came to rest roughly 30 feet from the initial point of ground contact and subsequently burned. An eyewitness observed the aircraft during the turn-around maneuver, noting that the plane moved "straight up then down" immediately before hitting the terrain.