# Accident 20030103001519A: Wsk PZLM18, Immokalee, FL, January 3, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 3, 2003, 12:00 local time
- Place: Immokalee, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 26.5381° N, 81.7586° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.5381&lon=-81.7586&mi=10
- Aircraft: N45051, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N45051-2008-07-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Wsk-Pzl-Mielec PZL-M-18 (registry code 9810102, https://openairdocs.org/model/wsk-pzl-mielec-pzl-m-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: WSK PZLM18
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL03LA029](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL03LA029) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030103001519A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT EXPERIENCED AN ENGINE FLAME-OUT AND WHILE TRYING TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON COUNTY ROAD 833, THE LEFT WING STRUCK A TREE ROTATING THE AIRCRAFT 180 DEGREES AND SLIDING BACKWARDS ON ITS LANDING GEAR. DAMAGE WAS SUBSTANTIAL. AN INSPECTION OF THE FUEL TANKS, AT THE SCENE, SHOWED SOME FUEL IN THE LEFT TANK AND NONE IN THE RIGHT TANK. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY THE ALTITUDE AT WHICH THE PLANE RESTED (LEFT WING LOW). TO MOVE THE PLANE, THE OWNER REPORTED THAT THEY HAD REMOVED 41 GALLONS OF FUEL FROM THE TANKS. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE FUEL GAGES IN THE AIRCRAFT SHOWED 1/4 IN RIGHT AND 3/8 IN THE LEFT AND THE TOTAL FUEL CAPACITY OF 188 GALLONS.

## 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 ATL03LA029](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL03LA029), Jan 3, 2003: Mielec PZL-M-18 (N45051), Immokalee, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate in-flight planning/decision by his improper fuel management which resulted in fuel starvation. Also causal was the pilot's inadequate preflight planning which resulted in his…

## Other reports on N45051 (2)

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

- [Incident 19950925046539I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950925046539I), Sep 25, 1995: Wsk M18DROMADER (N45051), Winters, TX, Minor damage. Narrative: on September 25, 1995, while performing aerial application, N4501, a model M18 dromader, registered and operated by steven ballard, experienced…
- [Incident 19840224015399I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840224015399I), Feb 24, 1984: Wsk PZLM18 (N45051), Burley, ID, Minor damage. Used heavy braking while landing in a crosswind. Allowed it to roll then braked again. Nosed up on the runway.

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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