# N452TC: 1989 WSK PZL Mielec M-18A, registration cancelled 2017-02-16

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: February 16, 2017
- Status when cancelled: Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Airframe: [WSK PZL Mielec M-18A](https://openairdocs.org/model/wsk-pzl-mielec-m-18a) (registry code 9810103)
- Engine: [Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG](https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (registry code 99999)
- Serial number: 1Z020-23
- Year built: 1989
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing single engine
- Airworthiness: Restricted, agriculture and pest control
- Airworthiness date: August 11, 1989
- Certificate issued: March 4, 1997
- Last registry action: March 17, 2009
- Mode S code: A57B36
- Owner when cancelled: [Davis James R](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/DAVIS%20JAMES%20R)
- Location: [Seminole, TX](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/TX/Seminole)
- Owner type: Individual
- Owner's area on the map: 32.6901° N, 102.7243° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 79360, within about 17 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N452TC
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=452TC
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N452TC-2017-02-16

From the FAA registry file of October 29, 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 FTW93LA263](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW93LA263), Sep 23, 1993: Wsk Pzl Mielec M-18A Dromader (N452TC), Frogmore, LA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN CLEARANCE WITH THE POWERLINE. A FACTOR WAS THE DUSK LIGHT CONDITION.

## 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 19930922035919A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930922035919A), Sep 22, 1993: Wsk M18DROMADER (N452TC), Frogmore, LA, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Struck power line and trees during spray run. Twenty three minutes after sunset.

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