# Accident 20110826023579A: Wsk Pzl Mielec M-18 DROMADER, Freeport, IL, August 26, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 26, 2011, 12:30 local time
- Place: Freeport, IL
- Airport: Freeport Albertus
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: HNEG
- Location: 42.2347° N, 89.5900° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2347&lon=-89.5900&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7070L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7070L-2013-07-29) (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 PZL MIELEC M-18 DROMADER
- Reported engine: WSK-PZL-K PZL ASZ-62IR
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 25,000 total, 20 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN11LA605](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11LA605) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110826023579A

## Narrative

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

THE PILOT OF N7070L, A WSK PZL MIELEC, M-18 DROMADER DEPARTED RUNWAY 24 AT FREEPORT ALBERTUS (FEP) AIRPORT AT APPROXIMATELY 12:30 CDT ON AUGUST 26, 2011 TO PEFORM AGRICULTURAL APPLICATIONS IN THE LEAF RIVER, IL AREA. THE AIRCRAFT CRASHED INTO A CORN FIELD APPROXIMATELY 3/4 OF A MILE SOUTH OF THE  AIRPORT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED DURING IMPACT AND A POST-CRASH FIRE.  NO PERSONS ON THE GROUND WERE INJURED.  THE ONLY PROPERTY DAMAGED ON THE GROUND WAS THE CORN CROPS. THE PILOT SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES AND WAS AIRLIFTED TO ROCKFORD, IL FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL TREATMENT.

## 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 CEN11LA605](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN11LA605), Aug 26, 2011: WSK PZL Mielec M-18 Dromader (N7070L), Freeport, IL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's decision to operate the airplane with a known defect in the elevator control system that led to his inability to control the airplane during the initial climb.

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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