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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · WSK M18DROMADER · Baton Rouge, LA · August 28, 1980

Date
August 28, 1980 · 14:30 local
Place
Baton Rouge, LA
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
Agricultural (Part 137)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N8042A
Reported as
WSK M18DROMADER
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
7,000 total70 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Engine power loss after takeoff, landed in cane field. Suspect fuel contamination.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE POWER LOSS AFTER TAKEOFF, LANDED IN CANE FIELD. SUSPECT FUEL CONTAMINATION.