# Incident 19990709024149I: Wsk M18A, Reydell, AR, July 9, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 9, 1999, 17:44 local time
- Place: Reydell, AR
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 34.1573° N, 91.5676° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Reydell, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1573&lon=-91.5676&mi=10
- Aircraft: N135RA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N135RA-2015-05-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: WSK PZL Mielec M-18A (registry code 9810103, https://openairdocs.org/model/wsk-pzl-mielec-m-18a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Wsk-Pzl-K PZL ASZ-62IR (registry code 67203, https://openairdocs.org/engine/wsk-pzl-k-pzl-asz-62ir) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: WSK M18A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,500 total, 520 in this make and model, 300 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990709024149I

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JULY 9, 1999 AT 11:30 CDST, A WSK-PLZ-M18, N135RA, EXPERIENCED FUEL STARVATION DURING AIR AERIAL MANEUVERS AT REYDELL, ARKANSAS WHILE APPLYING CHEMICALS, AND THE LONE PILOT MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN A COTTON FIELD. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED.  THE LONE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED AND THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGES TO THE LANDING GEAR AND PROPELLER.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM A REMOTE AGRICULTURE STRIP.

## Other reports on N135RA (1)

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

- [Accident 20030602012429A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030602012429A), Jun 2, 2003: Wsk M18A (N135RA), Stuttgart, AR, Substantial damage. (-23) On June 2, 2003, at 0730 central daylight time, a Wsk pzl mielec M-18A, N135RA, operated by bear bayou ag service inc., sustained substantial damage when…

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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