# Incident 19950925046539I: Wsk M18DROMADER, Winters, TX, September 25, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 25, 1995, 06:15 local time
- Place: Winters, TX
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 31.9491° N, 99.9593° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Winters, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.9491&lon=-99.9593&mi=10
- Aircraft: N45051, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N45051-2008-07-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Wsk-Pzl-Mielec PZL-M-18 (registry code 9810102, https://openairdocs.org/model/wsk-pzl-mielec-pzl-m-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: WSK M18DROMADER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 1,000 in this make and model, 400 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950925046539I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON SEPTEMBER 25, 1995, WHILE PERFORMING AERIAL APPLICATION, N4501, A MODEL M18 DROMADER, REGISTERED AND OPERATED BY STEVEN BALLARD, EXPERIENCED ENGINE POWER LOSS AND A SUBSEQUENT EMERGENCY LANDING ON A MUDDY OPEN FIELD WAS INITIATED BY THE PILOT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME. NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE LOCAL FLIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED MINOR DAMAGE ON LANDING WHEN THE LANDING GEAR BOUNCED OFF A HIGH RISE OF MUDDY GROUND AND INVERTED, SLIDING TO A HALT 75 YARD. FROM TOUCH-DOWN. THERE WAS NO FIRE, NO INJURIES AND NO PROPERTY DAMAGE. THE OPERATOR WILL SUBMIT AN M&D REPORT WHEN THE ENGINE IS INVESTIGATED FOR CAUSE OF FAILURE. THIS OFFICE CONSIDERS THIS INCIDENT CLOSED.

## Other reports on N45051 (2)

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

- [Accident 20030103001519A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030103001519A), Jan 3, 2003: Wsk PZLM18 (N45051), Immokalee, FL, Substantial damage. (-23) The pilot experienced an engine flame-out and while trying to make an emergency landing on county road 833, the left wing struck a tree rotating the…
- [Incident 19840224015399I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840224015399I), Feb 24, 1984: Wsk PZLM18 (N45051), Burley, ID, Minor damage. Used heavy braking while landing in a crosswind. Allowed it to roll then braked again. Nosed up on the runway.

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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