Wsk Pzl Mielec M-18A N92640

Summary

On 10 July 2010 at about 12:40 local time, a Wsk Pzl Mielec M-18A registered N92640, operated by Canam Aviators Inc, was involved in an accident near Muncie, Indiana, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

10 July 2010 at 12:40

Classification

Accident

Location

Muncie, Indiana, United States

Coordinates

40.5692, -85.7431

Aircraft

Wsk Pzl Mielec M-18A

Registration

N92640

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Canam Aviators Inc

Operating rule

Part 137: Agricultural

Purpose of flight

Aerial Application

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Marion → Marion

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CEN10CA406

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to see and avoid the power line during an aerial application flight.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The pilot was making aerial application runs to two fields that had high tension power lines running between them. The airplane contacted an additional smaller wire that ran from the high tension lines to a substation located one-quarter of a mile away. The smaller wire, which was 73 feet above the ground, was not marked and there were no poles for this wire between high tension lines and the substation. After contacting the wire, the pilot flew the airplane back to the departure airport. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the right wing due to the wire strike.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.