ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 299084
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| Date: | Friday 21 April 2000 |
| Time: | 10:00 LT |
| Type: |  PZL M-18A Dromader |
| Owner/operator: | Charter Aviation |
| Registration: | N62587 |
| MSN: | IZ026-08 |
| Engine model: | Pezetel ASZ-621R-M18 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | WILLIAMS, California -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot said he had been using a 2,300-foot-long gravel airstrip near fields to be sprayed as a staging area for the day's aerial application flights. He completed one application operation and landed to refuel and reload chemicals. The pilot said that the fueling and loading of the chemicals was accomplished with the engine running at idle power. Just after the wheels left the ground during the takeoff, the engine sputtered and momentarily lost power. As the airplane descended back to the runway, the engine power came back. According to the pilot, the airplane was then too fast to stop on the remaining runway and too low to miss a fence at the runway's end. The landing gear contacted the fence and the airplane cart wheeled into a field. An FAA inspector examined the airplane. The radial engine is of Polish manufacture and closely resembles a Pratt and Whitney R1860. The inspector noted that the engine and many of the accessories were impact damaged, and the engine could not be run. He reported that no obvious discrepancies were observed. In addition, he noted that the records indicated that the engine was near the TBO limit.
Probable Cause: A momentary interruption in engine power for undetermined reasons.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB LAX00LA166
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 16-Oct-2022 02:23 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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