# Accident 19930922035919A: Wsk M18DROMADER, Frogmore, LA, September 22, 1993

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 22, 1993, 19:20 local time
- Place: Frogmore, LA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: B3TG
- Aircraft: N452TC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N452TC-2017-02-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: WSK PZL Mielec M-18A (registry code 9810103, https://openairdocs.org/model/wsk-pzl-mielec-m-18a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: WSK M18DROMADER
- Reported engine: PWA PT6A45R
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 20,000 total, 1,400 in this make and model, 180 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW93LA263](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW93LA263) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930922035919A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK POWER LINE AND TREES DURING SPRAY RUN. TWENTY THREE MINUTES AFTER SUNSET.

## 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 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.

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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