# Accident 19930501011369A: Wsk PZLM18, Dewitt, AR, May 1, 1993

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 1, 1993, 08:30 local time
- Place: Dewitt, AR
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: KTWG
- Location: 34.2806° N, 91.3306° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.2806&lon=-91.3306&mi=10
- Aircraft: N28587, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N28587-2018-01-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Wsk-Pzl-Mielec PZL-M-18 (registry code 9810102, https://openairdocs.org/model/wsk-pzl-mielec-pzl-m-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: WSK PZLM18
- Reported engine: WSK PZLM18
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 12,000 total, 4,000 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW93LA146](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW93LA146) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930501011369A

## Narrative

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

BEGAN TO SETTLE ON CLIMBOUT FROM A ROAD TAKEOFF. ELECTED TO ABORT. WING SEVERED BY BULLDOZER UNSEEN IN FIELD.

## 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 FTW93LA146](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW93LA146), May 1, 1993: Pzl-Mielec PZL-M-18 (N28587), De Witt, AR, destroyed. Probable cause: COMPENSATION FOR WIND IMPROPER BY PILOT. FACTORS WERE TAILWIND AND DOWNDRAFT

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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