- Date
- April 16, 1984, 11:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Rockford, WA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N28951PZL-Mielec PZL-M-18
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840416013739A
- Case key
- 39899
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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
The plt said the acft was a 'little heavier' than it should have been. The acft bounced settled after takeoff and the right wing hit a fence post. The collision jammed the right aileron down and the acft became uncontrollable and crashed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N28951
- Reported as
- PZL-Mielec PZL-M-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 12007-15
- Airframe hours
- 401
- Engine
- ASZ 621R-M18, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Registered owner
- Lonnie Roth
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · February 18, 1984
- Airport
- runway 30, 2,400 × ft, dirt
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
- 42
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 10,979 total · 132 in this make and model · 132 as pilot in command · 132 in the last 90 days · 116 in the last 30 days · 10 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 46 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SFF, 23 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.
Other investigations on N28951 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.