# Accident 20081108850769A: Wsk M18A, Mountain Home, ID, November 8, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 8, 2008, 13:30 local time
- Place: Mountain Home, ID
- Airport: Mountain Home Municipal
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.1314° N, 115.7306° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1314&lon=-115.7306&mi=10
- Aircraft: N81705, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N81705-2017-05-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: WSK PZL Mielec M-18A (registry code 9810103, https://openairdocs.org/model/wsk-pzl-mielec-m-18a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: WSK M18A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 18,000 total, 5,000 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR09CA041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09CA041) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20081108850769A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WAS TAXIING FOR TAKEOFF ON RUNWAY 10 WHEN HE REALIZED THAT THE TAILWHEEL LOCK WOULD NOT DISENGAGE.  THE PILOT DECIDED TO STOP THE AIRCRAFT ON THE TAXIWAY TO GET OUT OF THE AIRCRAFT AND MANUALLY UNLOCK THE TAILWHEEL BY HIMSELF.  AFTER SETTING THE PARKING BRAKE AND INSTALLING THE CONTROL LOCK, THE PILOT CLIMBED OUT OF THE AIRCRAFT.  AS THE PILOT WAS CLIMBING OUT OF THE AIRCRAFT, HE ACCIDENTALLY HIT THE THROTTLE, MOVING INTO A HIGH THROTTLE SETTING.  THE PILOT FELL OFF THE AIRCRAFT.  THE AIRCRAFT PROCEEDED (WITHOUT ANYONE ONBOARD) ACROSS THE TAXIWAY, ACROSS THE RUNWAY, FLEW OVER A SHALLOW DITCH, HIT A FENCE AND A SET OF RAILROAD TRACKS AND CAME TO REST ON AN EMBANKMENT.

## 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 WPR09CA041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09CA041), Nov 8, 2008: WSK PZL Mielec M-18A (N81705), Mountain Home, ID, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate preflight inspection, and, his failure to properly secure the aircraft as he left the cockpit with the engine operating, which resulted in the unoccupied airplane inadvertently…

## Other reports on N81705 (2)

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

- [Accident 20020408005569A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020408005569A), Apr 8, 2002: Wsk PZLM18 (N81705), No damage. (-23)N81705, a M-18 dromader was destroyed when it impacted terrain immediately after takeoff from an airfield near rockford, Washington. The commercial pilot…
- [Accident 19940729019879A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940729019879A), Jul 29, 1994: Wsk M18DROMADER (N81705), Vantage, WA, Substantial damage. Full load 100 degree heat and light tailwind. Unable to clear hill on climbout.

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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