# Incident 19801016074679I: Waco QCF, Los Lunas, NM, October 16, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 16, 1980, 10:55 local time
- Place: Los Lunas, NM
- Airport: Mid Valley
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.8013° N, 106.7925° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Los Lunas, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8013&lon=-106.7925&mi=10
- Aircraft: N11468, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N11468) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Waco QCF (registry code 9600408, https://openairdocs.org/model/waco-qcf) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental W670 series (registry code 17018, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-w670-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: WACO QCF
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,000 total, 15 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801016074679I

## Narrative

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

A TAIL WHEEL LOCK PIN WAS MISSING CAUSING PILOT TO LOSE DIRECTIONAL CONTROL.

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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