# Incident 19990706018699I: Pdp SZD503, Wynne, AR, July 6, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 6, 1999, 14:30 local time
- Place: Wynne, AR
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2352° N, 90.7885° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wynne, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2352&lon=-90.7885&mi=10
- Aircraft: N18SZ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N18SZ-2007-05-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Pdps Pzl-Bielsko SZD-50-3 (registry code 8821647, https://openairdocs.org/model/pdps-pzl-bielsko-szd-50-3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PDP SZD503
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990706018699I

## Narrative

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

(-5)ON JULY 06, 1999, AT 1430 LOCAL TIME MR. ALFRED P. FERNANDEZ, A COMMERCIAL PILOT WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND AT A PRIVATE LANDING STRIP SOUTH OF WYNNE, ARKANSAS IN A GLIDER N18SZ, REGISTERED TO THE MEMPHIS SOARING SOCIETY WHEN THE LEFT WINGTIP STRUCK A LEVEE AND CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO GROUND LOOP CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING TIP AND FUSELAGE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND THIS INCIDENT IS CONSIDERED CLOSED.

## Other reports on N18SZ (1)

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

- [Accident 20040404009349A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040404009349A), Apr 4, 2004: Pdp SZD503 (N18SZ), Cherry Valley, AR, Substantial damage. (-23) On 04/04/2004 at approximately 1400 local Mr. Herman sanders was flying glider N18SZ at the memphis soaring society in Cherry Valley, Arkansas. During…

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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