# Accident 19880709025949A: Waco UPF7, Plymouth, MA, July 9, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 9, 1988, 18:15 local time
- Place: Plymouth, MA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9583° N, 70.6638° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Plymouth, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9583&lon=-70.6638&mi=10
- Aircraft: N32126, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N32126) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Waco UPF-7 (registry code 9601302, https://openairdocs.org/model/waco-upf-7) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental W670 series (registry code 17018, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-w670-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: WACO UPF7
- Reported engine: CONT W670*
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 100 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC88LA179](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC88LA179) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880709025949A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE QUIT ON CLIMBOUT. OVERSHOT OPEN FIELD AND RAN INTO TREES. PROP INDICATES ENGINE RUNNING ON IMPACT.

## 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 NYC88LA179](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC88LA179), Jul 9, 1988: Waco UPF-7 (N32126), Plymouth, NH, substantial damage

## Other reports on N32126 (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20060709013709I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060709013709I), Jul 9, 2006: Waco UPF7 (N32126), Edgartown, MA, Minor damage. (-23) It appears a crosswind struck the airplane before the tailwheel was on the ground, while on rollout, causing the airplane to weathercock and go over onto…
- [Accident 19910709026619A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910709026619A), Jul 9, 1991: Waco UPF7 (N32126), Stevensville, PA, Substantial damage. Forced landing due fuel exhaustion. Undershot field. Landed hard. Folded landing gear. Misjudged fuel burn or refuel

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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