Pzl Mielec M-18A accident near Jennings, LA
On February 15, 2013, a Pzl Mielec M-18A (airplane) was involved in an accident near Jennings, LA. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- February 15, 2013
- Place
- Jennings, LA
- Aircraft
- Pzl Mielec M-18A · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 30.188°N, 92.632°W
- NTSB ID
- 20130216X54725
Official records · CEN13LA163
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
Air traffic control records
- Radio Tower Inspection Report: Document (PDF), on ntsb.gov
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHTOn February 15, 2013, about 1710 central standard time, N4305D, a PZL Mielec M-18A, single-engine airplane, was substantially damaged when it impacted the guy wire for a radio tower southeast of Jennings, Louisiana. The pilot was fatally injured. The airplane was registered to and operated by Riceland Aviation, Inc. Day visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The aerial application flight was being conducted under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 137 without a flight plan. The local flight had departed about 1650 from the Jennings Airport (3R7), Jennings, Louisiana. According to Riceland Aviation, the pilot was applying the herbicide Round Up to a rice field southeast of 3R7. The wreckage of the airplane was found near a radio tower in a field where the airplane had been conducting aerial applications. An examination of a radio tower to the southwest of the main wreckage revealed damage to the number 7 and 8 guy wires on the east side of the tower. Satloc data recovered from the accident airplane depicted the airplane having made multiple passes, consistent with spray passes, in the vicinity of the radio tower. The last two minutes of the recording depict eda spray path from north to south, followed by a right turn to the west and then a course reversal to the east. The flight path depicted the airplane just to the south of the radio tower, with a flight path from the southwest to the northeast; the recorded decrease in altitude is consistent with an approach for the next spray pass to the north. The alti
Probable cause
The pilot’s inadequate visual lookout, which resulted in a collision with guy wires during an aerial application flight.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
