# Accident 19980517009589A: Wsk M18A, Dawson, ND, May 17, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 17, 1998, 08:30 local time
- Place: Dawson, ND
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 46.8599° N, 99.7505° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.8599&lon=-99.7505&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2284B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2284B-2000-11-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: WSK PZL Mielec M-18A (registry code 9810103, https://openairdocs.org/model/wsk-pzl-mielec-m-18a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: WSK M18A
- Reported engine: GARRTT TPE331*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 2,500 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI98LA155](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98LA155) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980517009589A

## Narrative

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

ACFT STRUCK POWER LINES IN FLIGHT AND CRAHSED DURING AERIAL APPLICATION, DAWSON, ND (.4)THE PROPELLER CONTACTED A TELEPHONE POLE AT A HEIGHT 30 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND DURING AN AERIAL APPLICATION FLIGHT.  THE RESULT OF THE IMPACT WAS A LOSS OF AIRPLANE CONTROL, FOLLOWED BY THE AIRPLANE DESCENDING TO IMPACT THE TERRAIN.  THE AIRPLANE WAS FLYING TO THE EAST, INTO THE SUN AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.                                                            (-23) ON MAY 17, 1998, AT 07:30 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A WSK PZL MIELEC M-18A AIRCRAFT, N2284B, OPERATED BY A COMMERCIAL PILOT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIL DAMAGE DURING DESCENT FOR AN AERIAL APPLICATION OPERATION.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.  THE TITLE 14 CFR PART 137 FLIGHT HAD BEEN OPERATING FOR THE PURPOSE OF AERIAL APPLICATION.  THE PILOT REPORTED SERIOUS INJURIES.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT A PRIVATE AIRSTRIP AT A TAPPEN, ND, AT APPROXIMATELY 0700 LOCAL TIME.

## 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 CHI98LA155](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI98LA155), May 17, 1998: Wsk Pzl Mielec M-18A (N2284B), Dawson, ND, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain clearance with the telephone pole. Factors associated with the accident were the pole and the glare from the rising sun.

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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