# Incident 20030628019659I: Wsk PZLM18B, Willowbank Twns, June 28, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 28, 2003, 11:45 local time
- Place: Willowbank Twns
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: KZ9G
- Aircraft: N7813T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7813T-2017-06-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Wsk-Pzl Meilec PZL M18B (registry code 9810125, https://openairdocs.org/model/wsk-pzl-meilec-pzl-m18b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: AiResearch TPE331 series (registry code 01517, https://openairdocs.org/engine/airesearch-tpe331-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: WSK PZLM18B
- Reported engine: GARRTT TPE33111U
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,241 total, 3,638 in this make and model, 132 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030628019659I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED THAT WHILE HE WAS AERIAL SPRAYING A DUCK FLEW INTO THE INTAKE OF THE ENGINE RESULTING IN A FLAMEOUT AND COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER. THE PILOT THEN JETTISONED THE REMAINDER OF THE CHEMICAL AND LANDED THE AIRPLANE STRAIGHT AHEAD INTO THE WIND AND IN A WET CORNFIELD. THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED THROUGH THE SOFT SOIL OF THE CORNFIELD FOR APPROXIMATELY 600 FEET. APPROXIMATELY 450 FEET FROM THE INITIAL TOUCHDOWN POINT, THE AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER AND THE PROPELLER BLADES STRUCK THE GROUND IN 10 SEPARATE PLACES AS THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO SLOW DOWN AND COME TO REST IN A WET AND MUDDY DEPRESSION. ALL FIVE OF THE PROPELLER BLADES WERE BENT AS A RESULT. NO OTHER DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED. THE PILOT COMPLETED THE SHUTDOWN OF THE AIRCRAFT AND EXITED WITHOUT INJURIES.

## Other reports on N7813T (1)

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

- [Accident 20090720012869A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090720012869A), Jul 20, 2009: Wsk PZLM18B (N7813T), Malad City, ID, Destroyed. (-23) N7813T was destroyed when it impacted the ground while conducting agricultural operations. The pilot was making fertilizer drops to the wheat field…

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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