- Date
- August 8, 1989, 19:35 local (Aug 9, 1989, 00:35 UTC)
- Place
- Ingalls, KS
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N7032MWSK PZL Mielec PZL-M-18-A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 10, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890808031619A
- Case key
- 34657
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Probable cause
Improper preflight planning by the pilot and his failure to attain inadequate airspeed, which resulted in a stall/spin. As he was attempting to avoid a power transmission line. Factors related to the accident were: rising terrain, tall grass, tailwind and the transmission wires.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
During an aerial application flight, the acft crashed near a field that was being sprayed. Impact occurred in an area where the plt would have been making a procedure turn for another swath run. There was evidence that the acft had impacted in a steep descent. No preimpact part failure of the acft or eng was found during the investigation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7032M
- Reported as
- WSK PZL Mielec PZL-M-18-A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 12019-06
- Airframe hours
- 273
- Engine
- Pzl-Kalisz ASZ-62IR-M18, 967 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Ingalls Aerial Sprayers, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 12, 1988 · 269 hours before
- Departed
- 30K · KS
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
- 29
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 2,383 total · 260 in this make and model · 2,292 as pilot in command · 230 in the last 90 days · 65 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GCK, 13 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.