# Accident 19900403007449A: Wsk PZL104, Wilmington, NC, April 3, 1990

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 3, 1990, 11:15 local time
- Place: Wilmington, NC
- Airport: New Hanover County
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.2257° N, 77.9447° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wilmington, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2257&lon=-77.9447&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2246U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2246U-1990-10-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Wsk-Pzl Warzawa-Okecie PZL-104 WILGA 80 (registry code 9810280, https://openairdocs.org/model/wsk-pzl-warzawa-okecie-pzl-104-wilga-80) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: WSK PZL104
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 15,000 total, 1 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL90LA091](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL90LA091) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900403007449A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

FRICTION LOCK CAME OFF ON APPROACH AND JAMMED THROTTLE. CRASHED IN TREES.  IGNORED STIFF THROTTLE PRIOR TAKEOFF.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (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 ATL90LA091](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL90LA091), Apr 3, 1990: PZL 80 (N2246U), Wilmington, NC, substantial damage. Probable cause: PILOT'S FAILURE TO PROPERLY ADJUST THE THROTTLE FRICTION WHICH RESULTED IN THE DISCONNECTION OF THE ENTIRE ASSEMBLY.

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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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