# Accident 19760622015729A: Waco EQC6, Reedley, CA, June 22, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 22, 1976
- Place: Reedley, CA
- Airport: Great Western
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Location: 36.5984° N, 119.4467° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Reedley, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.5984&lon=-119.4467&mi=10
- Aircraft: N16520 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: WACO EQC6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,419 total, 0 in this make and model, 16 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK76DVA71](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK76DVA71) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760622015729A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ACFT WAS TO BE FERRIED FOR INTERIOR FINISHING AFTER HIGH SPEED TAXI TEST.TIRE BLEW,LOST CTL.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB OAK76DVA71](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK76DVA71), Jun 22, 1976: Waco AQC-6 (N16520), Reedley, CA, substantial damage

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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