Wsk Pzl Mielec M-18A N82019

Summary

On 8 July 1997 at about 14:30 local time, a Wsk Pzl Mielec M-18A registered N82019, operated by Air Crop Care, was involved in an accident near Clewiston, Florida, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

8 July 1997 at 14:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Clewiston, Florida, United States

Coordinates

26.7509, -80.9293

Aircraft

Wsk Pzl Mielec M-18A

Registration

N82019

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Air Crop Care

Operating rule

Part 137: Agricultural

Purpose of flight

Aerial Application

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Belle Glade → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MIA97LA207

Nobody was injured.

a forced landing as a result of an undetermined loss of engine power and subsequent impact with a railroad switching unit and nose over.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The airplane departed from a section of road which was about 3,000 feet long. At an altitude of about 50 feet above the ground, in a left turn to the crosswind, the pilot reported that the airplane's engine lost power, and was running rough. A forced landing was made to a sugar cane field. The pilot maneuvered the airplane and touched down in the sugar cane field, the propeller struck a railroad switching unit, crossed over an irrigation canal, struck the bank of the canal with the tail wheel, nosed over, and a postcrash fire ensued. Examination of the wreckage revealed that the post crash fire melted the accessory case of the engine, post-crash testing of the engine was not possible. The reason for the loss of engine power was not determined.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.