# NTSB Accident WPR09CA041
> **WSK PZL MIELEC M-18A** · 2008-11-08 · Mountain Home, ID, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** WPR09CA041
- **Event ID:** 20081120X61731
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2008-11-08
- **Location:** Mountain Home, ID, USA
- **Coordinates:** 43.131389, -115.730552
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 1
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** WSK PZL MIELEC
- **Model:** M-18A
- **Registration:** N81705
- **FAR Part:** 137
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's inadequate preflight inspection, and, his failure to properly secure the aircraft as he left the cockpit with the engine operating, which resulted in the unoccupied airplane inadvertently becoming airborne and colliding with a fence and terrain.

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