# Incident 19940429025249I: Wsk M18DROMADER, Jennings, LA, April 29, 1994

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 29, 1994, 12:00 local time
- Place: Jennings, LA
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 30.2240° N, 92.6583° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Jennings, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.2240&lon=-92.6583&mi=10
- Aircraft: N149RA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N149RA-2019-12-27) (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
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,784 total, 250 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940429025249I

## Narrative

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

VEERED OFF RUNWAY INTO A DITCH ON TAKEOFF. RUDDER CONTROL ROD HAD BROKEN.

## Other reports on N149RA (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19971027031009A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19971027031009A), Oct 27, 1997: Wsk M18A (N149RA), Roamoke, LA, Substantial damage. Acft engine quit and acft went through a fence and came to rest noise down in ditch Roamoke, LA. (-23) aircraft pulled up after a pass to turn right to…
- [Incident 19950421015219I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950421015219I), Apr 21, 1995: Wsk PZLM18 (N149RA), Iota, LA, Minor damage. Narrative: the aircraft departed to the north to avoid powerlines and uphill grade. After lift off, the aircraft could not maintain altitude and came to rest…

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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