# Accident 20010807024679A: Wsk PZLM18, Dumas, AR, August 7, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 7, 2001, 11:30 local time
- Place: Dumas, AR
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 33.9250° N, 91.5111° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9250&lon=-91.5111&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4206B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4206B-2018-01-19) (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: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: WSK PZLM18
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 7,000 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 300 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW01LA196](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW01LA196) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010807024679A

## Narrative

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

(-23) FLYING IN CRUISE BUTTERFLY ON INTAKE STARTED FLUCTUATING. PULLED AIRCRAFT UP AND REDUCED POWER. APPROXIMATELY 10 SECONDS LATER LOST POWER. AIRCRAFT HIS LOW LEVEE SKIDDED ACROSS FIELD, AND HIT SECOND LOW LEVEE.UPON STRIKING SECOND LEVEE THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED OVER ON ITS NOSE AND SKIDDED TO REST UPSIDE DOWN IN A RICE FIELD.

## 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 FTW01LA196](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW01LA196), Aug 7, 2001: WSK PZL Mielec M-18 (N4206B), Dumas, AR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of engine power for undetermined reasons. A factor was the lack of suitable terrain for a forced landing.

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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