Engine failure behind fatal crop duster plane crash
Investigators from the Transportation Safety Board (TSB) say engine failure caused a crop duster plane crash that claimed the life of a 31-year-old Alberta man.
On Friday, the Piper PA-24 registered to BP Airspray crashed nose-first into a field near Rose Valley killing the pilot.
TSB regional manager Peter Hildeberand said upon their initial investigation it looks like the engine wasn't running at full capacity when the plane came down.
“We had a look at the site and it indicates a fairly high rate vertical decent and not much forward speed.”