# Accident 20000327007589A: Wsk PZLM18, Bucklin, KS, March 27, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 27, 2000, 09:30 local time
- Place: Bucklin, KS
- Airport: Bucklin Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 37.5407° N, 99.6300° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.5407&lon=-99.6300&mi=10
- Aircraft: N27301, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N27301-2023-03-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Wsk-Pzl-Mielec PZL-M-18 (registry code 9810102, https://openairdocs.org/model/wsk-pzl-mielec-pzl-m-18) (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 PZLM18
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,173 total, 159 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI00LA096](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00LA096) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000327007589A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 3/27/00 AT APPROXIMATELY 0930 THE PILOT EXECUTED A LANDING TO THE NORTH. UPON TOUCH DOWN THE PILOT STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT STARTED PULLING TO THE RIGHT AS THE PILOT APPLIED LEFT BRAKE TO COMPENSATE FOR THE PULL TO THE RIGHT. LOSS OF CONTROL TO THE AIRCRAFT OCCURED. THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER COMING TO REST ON ITS TOP. THE PILOT EGRESSED THROUGH THE R/H FORWARD STORM WINDOW. THE PILOT SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. (.4)THE PILOT REPORTED THAT ON LANDING THE AIRPLANE VEERED TO THE RIGHT WHEN THE RIGHT MAIN GEAR TOUCHED DOWN. HE ATTEMPTED TO CORRECT THE SWERVE USING THE LEFT RUDDER AND BRAKE TO NO AVAIL. THE PILOT REPORTED THE AIRPLANE NOSED OVER AS HE WAS RETRACTING THE FLAPS. INSPECTION OF THE AIRPLANE DID NOT TO REVEAL ANY FAILURE/MALFUNCTION OF THE RIGHT BRAKE. FURTHER INSPECTION REVEALED THE RIGHT ENTRY DOOR COULD NOT BE OPENED DUE TO CRUSHING ON THE UPPER CANOPY/COCKPIT AREA WHEN THE AIRPLANE NOSED OVER. THE EMERGENCY DOOR JETTISON SYSTEM WAS UNUSABLE DUE TO THE WEIGHT OF THE INVERTED AIRPLANE ON THE DOOR HINGES.

## 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 CHI00LA096](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI00LA096), Mar 27, 2000: Wsk Pzl Mielec PZL-M-18 (N27301), Bucklin, KS, substantial damage. Probable cause: the right main gear brake was binding for an undetermined reason which resulted in the pilot's inability to maintain directional control of the airplane.

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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