# Accident 20160610009619A: Wsk Pzl Mielec M-18A, Brunswick, NC, June 10, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 10, 2016, 09:00 local time
- Place: Brunswick, NC
- Airport: Bear Pen
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: V7MG
- Location: 34.1275° N, 78.3397° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1275&lon=-78.3397&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2283M, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2283M-2018-03-02) (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
- Reported engine: HONEYWELL TPE331-11UA
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 30,576 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA16LA209](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA16LA209) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160610009619A

## Narrative

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

INSPECTOR DAVID LAYCOCK AND I ARRIVED TO THE PATH THAT LEAD US TO THE WRECK AT 09:17. THERE WE MET WITH ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, THE PERSON THAT LOADED THE AIRPLANE WITH FERTILIZER, AND SAID THAT THE PILOT TOOK OFF AT APPROXIMATELY 08:45 WITH A FULL LOAD OF FERTILIZER (UREA WITH AGROTAIN ADDITIVE) AND 45 MINUTES OF FUEL. HE ALSO SAID THAT THE FUEL LOAD WAS ACTUALLY 1 HOUR AND 15 MINUTES BUT THEY CALL THAT 45 MINUTES OF FUEL WITH 30 MINUTE SPARE. AFTER AN HOUR AND THE PILOT DID NOT RETURN ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SAID HE CALLED 911 TO REPORT.

THE FOOTPRINT OF THE WRECKAGE WAS RELATIVELY SMALL AND COMPACT.  MOST OF THE DEBRIS WAS IN AN AREA OF APPROXIMATELY 20? WIDE X 50? LONG IN THE DIRECTION OF TRAVEL (NORTH) WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE RIGHT WING WHICH WAS APPROXIMATELY 125? EAST OF THE MAIN WRECKAGE.  THE TREETOPS WERE CLEANLY BROKEN/CUT BY THE FALLING AIRCRAFT AT AN ANGLE OF APPROXIMATELY 60 DEGREES.  THERE WAS NO TREE SCARING WHERE THE RIGHT WING LAY INDICATING THAT THE WING FELL THROUGH THE 30? OPENING IN THE TREES DIRECTLY ABOVE WHERE IT RESTED.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED.  THE GROUND SCARING INDICATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT HIT THE GROUND AT A HIGH ANGLE OF ATTACK NOSE FIRST AS EVIDENCED BY THE CRATER WHERE THE REMAINS OF THE ENGINE LAY.  THE LEFT WING SAT ON TOP OF THE ENGINE COMPLETELY SEPARATED FROM THE REMAINDER OF THE WRECKAGE.  THE FUSELAGE, COCKPIT, AND HOPPER WERE APPROXIMATELY 10?NORTH OF THE INITIAL IMPACT POINT AND THE COCKPIT LAID ON ITS RIGHT SIDE. THE REMAINDER OF THE EMPENNAGE WAS AN ADDITIONAL 20? TO THE NORTH.  SMALL PIECES OF DEBRIS WERE FOUND WITHIN A 50? RADIUS OF THE INITIAL IMPACT POINT.

THE GROUND SCARING INDICATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT WAS IN A RIGHTWARD SPINNING MOTION AS IT IMPACTED THE GROUND.  THE HIGH ANGLE OF ATTACK CONTAINED THE DEBRIS FIELD TO A SMALL AREA.  THE RIGHT WING BEING LOCATED 125? AWAY FROM THE MAIN WRECKAGE AND NOT IN THE DIRECTION OF TRAVEL AND ALSO THE LACK OF ANY TREE SCARING BETWEEN IT AND THE MAIN WRECKAGE SUGGESTS THAT THE WING HAD SEPARATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT IN FLIGHT.

## 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 ERA16LA209](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA16LA209), Jun 10, 2016: WSK PZL Mielec M 18A (N2283M), Brunswick, NC, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The failure of the right wing due to a fatigue fracture of the right outboard wing forward spar lower fitting. Contributing to the accident was the routine operation of the airplane over its…

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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