# Accident 20130215003379A: Wsk Pzl Mielec M-18A, Jennings, LA, February 15, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 15, 2013, 15:10 local time
- Place: Jennings, LA
- Airport: Jennings
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: SDIG
- Location: 30.1883° N, 92.6322° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.1883&lon=-92.6322&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4305D, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4305D-2013-12-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: WSK PZL Mielec M-18A (registry code 9810103, https://openairdocs.org/model/wsk-pzl-mielec-m-18a) (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-18A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 19,326 total, 1,100 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN13LA163](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13LA163) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130215003379A

## Narrative

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

CROP DUSTER STRUCK A TOWER GUIDE WIRE THAT WAS IN THE FIELD HE WAS SPRAYING. IT WAS LATE AFTERNOON AND WAS THE LAST FIELD HE WAS SPRAYING AS PER THE OPERATORS SCHEDULER.

## 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 CEN13LA163](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13LA163), Feb 15, 2013: PZL Mielec M-18A (N4305D), Jennings, LA, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s inadequate visual lookout, which resulted in a collision with guy wires during an aerial application flight.

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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