- Date
- July 11, 1983, 15:30 local (20:30 UTC)
- Place
- Delaplaine, AR
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N90135WSK PZL Mielec PZL-M-18
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830711031589A
- Case key
- 20971
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft nosed over after running off the end of the rwy during takeoff. The plt had a heavy load of fertilizer and a passenger in the single seat acft. The temperature was 94 degrees and the rwy was only 1500 ft long rather than 2300 ft as reported by the plt. The wind was reported at 5 KTS from 020 degrees
Aircraft
- Registration
- N90135
- Reported as
- WSK PZL Mielec PZL-M-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- TZ006-06
- Airframe hours
- 360
- Engine
- PZL-Kalisz ?, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Blount Flying Service
- Registered owner
- Melex USA Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Airport
- Remote Strip
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 43
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 3,500 total · 300 in this make and model · 3,500 as pilot in command · 200 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 20° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 93 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N90135 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.