# Accident 19990809047739A: Wsk M18A, Hasty, CO, August 9, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 9, 1999, 11:00 local time
- Place: Hasty, CO
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: NMPG
- Location: 37.9296° N, 102.9508° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9296&lon=-102.9508&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9103Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9103Y-2004-03-29) (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: WSK ASZ621RM18
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,900 total, 185 in this make and model, 85 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN99LA140](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN99LA140) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990809047739A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON AUGUST 9, 1999, APPROXIMATELY 1100 MOUNTAIN DAYLIGHT TIME, A WSK PZL MIELEC DROMDER M-18A, N9103Y, WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED DURING AN ATTEMPTED FORCED LANDING NEAR HASTY, COLORADO. THE COMMERCIAL PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT IN THE AIRPLANE, WAS NOT INJURED. THE AIRPLANE WAS BEING OPERATED BY DENTEN AERIAL SPRAYING, LAS ANIMAS, COLORADO UNDER TITLE 14 CFR PART 137. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED FOR THE LOCAL AERIAL APPLICATION FLIGHT WHICH ORIGINATED FROM A PRIVATE AGRICULTURAL STRIP APPROXIMATELY 1 HOUR BEFORE THE ACCIDENT. NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED. (.4) THE PILOT, HE HAD JUST FINISHED AN APPLICATION JOB, AND WAS FLYING BACK TO HIS PRIVATE AIRSTRIP.  HE SAID HIS FUEL GAUGE WAS READING ABOUT 1/4 FULL.  TWO MINUTES LATER, HIS ENGINE LOST POWER.  HE HAND PUMPED HIS FUEL BOOST PUMP BUT THERE WAS NO FUEL IN IT.  HE PERFORMED A FORCED LANDING TO A CORN FIELD, AND THE AIRPLANE NOSED OVER.

## 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 DEN99LA140](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN99LA140), Aug 9, 1999: Pzl-Mielec M-18A (N9103Y), Hasty, CO, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to refuel his airplane, and the subsequent airborne fuel exhaustion. Factors were the lack of suitable terrain for a forced landing, and the high vegetation in the field.

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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