# Accident 20030609013389A: Wsk M18DROMADER, Winchester, AR, June 9, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 9, 2003, 15:15 local time
- Place: Winchester, AR
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: KW6G
- Location: 33.7553° N, 91.5536° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7553&lon=-91.5536&mi=10
- Aircraft: N51402, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N51402-2013-08-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: WSK PZL Mielec M-18 DROMADER (registry code 9810104, https://openairdocs.org/model/wsk-pzl-mielec-m-18-dromader) (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 M18DROMADER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,850 total, 270 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI03LA156](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03LA156) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030609013389A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JUNE 9, 2003, AT 1515 CDT, A DROMADER WSK-PZL-M18, N51402, FAILED TO ACHIEVE LIFTOFF AIRSPEED ON A SHORT, GRASS RUNWAY, ABORTED THE TAKEOFF, DEPARTED THE NORTH-SOUTH RUNWAY TO THE SOUTHEAST AND SKIDDED ACROSS TWO DITCHES AND A TWO LANE HIGHWAY FOR A DISTANCE OF APPROXIMATELY 175 FEET. THE SOLE OCCUPANT, A COMMERCIAL PILOT, WAS NOT INJURED AND THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED FOR AERIAL APPLICATION BY PERKINS AIR SERVICE, INC., UNDER 14 CFR PART 137 WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WINCHESTER, ARKANSAS, AT 1515CDT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND A FLIGHT PLAN WAS NOT FILED.

## 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 CHI03LA156](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI03LA156), Jun 9, 2003: Dromader M-18 (N51402), Dumas, AR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's delay in aborting the takeoff and his intentional maneuver to avoid the obstruction at the end of the runway. Contributing factors were the road and ditch.

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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