# Incident 20060716012729I: Wsk PZLM18B, Oak City, UT, July 16, 2006

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 16, 2006, 19:30 local time
- Place: Oak City, UT
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Operator: NWFG
- Location: 39.3747° N, 112.3383° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Oak City, UT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3747&lon=-112.3383&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
- Reported engine: GARRTT TPE33110
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 300 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060716012729I

## Narrative

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

(-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 LANDING. LOSS OF OIL WAS NOTED BY THE PILOT WHEN THE RESERVOIR WAS CHECKED.

## 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 20000526016199I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000526016199I), May 26, 2000: Wsk PZLM18B (N455TG), Ruidoso, NM, Minor damage. (-23) Pilot [privacy data omitted] was landing on runway 24 at the Sierra Blanca NM airport at approximately 1200 on may 26th, 2000 when he lost control of…

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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