# Accident 20000522006289A: Wsk M18A, Kilbourne, LA, May 22, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 22, 2000, 06:58 local time
- Place: Kilbourne, LA
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 32.9972° N, 91.3139° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kilbourne, LA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.9972&lon=-91.3139&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2296C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2296C-2000-10-18) (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
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW00LA149](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW00LA149) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000522006289A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AT THE END OF A PASS, THE PILOT BEGAN HIS CLIMB AND THE RIGHT WING LOWER FORWWARD ATTACHMENT FAILED, CAUSING THE WING TO FOLD AND SUBSEQUENT LOSS OF AIRCRAFT CONTROL.

## 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 FTW00LA149](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW00LA149), May 22, 2000: PZL-Mielec M-18A (N2296C), Kilbourne, LA, destroyed. Probable cause: The corrosion and fatigue cracking of the right wing attachment fitting, which resulted in the right wing separating in flight.

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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