# NTSB WPR14WA029: PZL Okecie M18, Ulladulla, Australia, October 24, 2013

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Foreign investigation
- Date: October 24, 2013
- Place: Ulladulla, Australia
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Maneuvering: Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Western Pacific Region
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 88304
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR14WA029
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/88304/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=88304
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR14WA029

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Maneuvering: Controlled flight into terr/obj (CFIT)](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 1,074 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/120/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On October 24, 2013 about 1000 local time, a PZL M18A Dromader aircraft, Australian registration VH-TZJ, collided with terrain near Ulladulla, Australia. The airplane was substantially damaged and the pilot was fatally injured. The airplane was operated as an agricultural flight under the pertinent civil regulations of the government of Australia. The investigation is under the jurisdiction of the Government of Australia. This report is for information purposes only and contains only information released by the Government of Australia. Further information pertaining to this accident may be obtained from: Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) P.O. Box 967, Civic Square Canberra A.C.T. 2608 Australia Tel: +612 6274 6054 Fax: +612 6274 6434 www.atsb.gov.au

## Aircraft

- Registration: VH-TZJ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PZL OKECIE M18
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: IZ013-32
- Damage: Substantial damage

## Docket (2 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on February 18, 2016, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=88304. 7.3 MB in all.

- ATSB Transport Safety Report - Final Report (item 1, .PDF, 7.1 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40436803&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=ATSB%20Transport%20Safety%20Report%20-%20Final%20Report-Master.PDF
- ICAO ADREP Occurrence Report (item 2, .PDF, 191 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40436804&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=ICAO%20ADREP%20Occurrence%20Report-Master.PDF

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.

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