# Incident 20000526016199I: Wsk PZLM18B, Ruidoso, NM, May 26, 2000

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 26, 2000, 12:00 local time
- Place: Ruidoso, NM
- Airport: Sierra Blanca Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4609° N, 105.5301° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SIERRA BLANCA RGNL (SRR), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4609&lon=-105.5301&mi=10
- Aircraft: N455TG, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N455TG) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Wsk-Pzl Meilec PZL M18B (registry code 9810125, https://openairdocs.org/model/wsk-pzl-meilec-pzl-m18b) (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 PZLM18B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 21,700 total, 33 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000526016199I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA ^ WAS LANDING ON RUNWAY 24 AT THE SIERRA BLANCA NM AIRPORT AT APPROXIMATELY 1200 ON MAY 26TH, 2000 WHEN HE LOST CONTROL OF AIRCRAFT N455TG, A PZLM18B AND THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT PITCHED OVER AND THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE GROUND. THERE WAS NO OTHER DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT OR APPLIANCES.  THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURIED.  THE PILOT STATED THAT THE WINDS WERE VARIABLE ALL DAY LONG.

## Other reports on N455TG (2)

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

- [Incident 20240722009379I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240722009379I), Jul 22, 2024: Wsk-Pzl Meilec PZL M18B (N455TG), Great Falls, MT, Minor damage. On July 22, 2024 a dromader Wsk-Pzl Meilec, model pzl M18B, performed an emergency landing at Great Falls Montana airport (gtf) after the left main tire…
- [Incident 20060716012729I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060716012729I), Jul 16, 2006: Wsk PZLM18B (N455TG), Oak City, UT, Minor damage. (-23) Aircraft had a load of fire retardant to dump on fire and lost torque and power and did an emergency landing in a field. Tail wheel assembly broke 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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