# Incident 19950421015219I: Wsk PZLM18, Iota, LA, April 21, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 21, 1995, 15:15 local time
- Place: Iota, LA
- Airport: Reed Flying Service Inc Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 30.3433° N, 92.4321° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Reed Flying Service Inc Airport (2LA5), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.3433&lon=-92.4321&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 PZLM18
- Reported engine: WSK PZLM18
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,000 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 243 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950421015219I

## Narrative

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

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 OFF AIRPORT WITH DAMAGE TO THE LEFT TRAILING EDGE WING TIP. INVESTIGATION REVEALED CARBURETOR HEAT BOX WAS BROKEN, ALLOWING HOT AIR TO LEAK INTO THE CARBURETOR, CAUSING A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER.

## 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 19940429025249I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940429025249I), Apr 29, 1994: Wsk M18DROMADER (N149RA), Jennings, LA, Minor damage. Veered off runway into a ditch on takeoff. Rudder control rod had broken.

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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