# N4305D: WSK PZL Mielec M-18A, registration cancelled 2013-12-12

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: December 12, 2013
- Status when cancelled: First renewal notice
- Airframe: [WSK PZL Mielec M-18A](https://openairdocs.org/model/wsk-pzl-mielec-m-18a) (registry code 9810103)
- Engine: [Wsk-Pzl-K PZL ASZ-62IR](https://openairdocs.org/engine/wsk-pzl-k-pzl-asz-62ir) (registry code 67203)
- Serial number: 1Z022-19
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing single engine
- Engine type: Reciprocating
- Airworthiness: Experimental, showing compliance
- Airworthiness date: January 16, 1992
- Certificate issued: April 3, 2009
- Last registry action: March 25, 2011
- Mode S code: A52629
- Owner when cancelled: [Riceland Aviation Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/RICELAND%20AVIATION%20INC)
- Location: [Jennings, LA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/LA/Jennings)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 30.2664° N, 92.6736° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 70546, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4305D
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=4305D
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4305D-2013-12-12

From the FAA registry file of November 3, 2026, cancelled registrations. Owners' street addresses are left out. The Mode S code belongs to the N-number, not the airframe.

ADs and bulletins for the WSK PZL Mielec M-18A: https://openairdocs.org/model/wsk-pzl-mielec-m-18a.md

## NTSB investigations (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CEN13LA163](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13LA163), Feb 15, 2013: PZL Mielec M-18A (N4305D), Jennings, LA, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s inadequate visual lookout, which resulted in a collision with guy wires during an aerial application flight.

## FAA accident and incident reports (1)

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [Accident 20130215003379A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130215003379A), Feb 15, 2013: Wsk Pzl Mielec M-18A (N4305D), Jennings, LA, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Crop duster struck a tower guide wire that was in the field he was spraying. It was late afternoon and was the last field he was spraying as per the operators…

## Other aircraft with N4305D

- [Cancelled 1974-10-01](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4305D-1974-10-01): Beech D-50, S/N DH-62. Exported to Venezuela. Owner: [W C Flying Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/W%20C%20FLYING%20INC), [Flagstaff, AZ](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/AZ/Flagstaff)
- [Cancelled (date not recorded)](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4305D-undated): Piper PA-28-161, S/N 288316044. N-number assigned, not yet registered

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