# Incident 19960505013549I: Waco UPF7, Lawrence, MA, May 5, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 5, 1996, 11:42 local time
- Place: Lawrence, MA
- Airport: Lawrence Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.7170° N, 71.1235° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LAWRENCE MUNI (LWM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7170&lon=-71.1235&mi=10
- Aircraft: N32027, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N32027) (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 W6706A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 32,000 total, 150 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960505013549I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: N32027 WAS LANDING LAWRENCE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT (LWM) ON RUNWAY 320. THE WIND WAS AT 360 DEGREES AT 15 KNOTS, GUSTING TO 20 KNOTS. DURING THE LANDING SEQUENCE, THE AIRCRAFT STARTED DRIFTING OFF TO THE LEFT, AND CONTACTED A RIGID RUNWAY LIGHT OFF TO THE LEFT OF THE RUNWAY. THE RIGID RUNWAY LIGHTS ARE APPROXIMATELY THREE FEET OFF THE GROUND, AND APPROXIMATELY TEN FEET AWAY FROM THE ACTIVE RUNWAY. IF THE PILOT HAD ELECTED TO CONTINUE HIS ROLL-OUT AFTER CONTACTING THE RUNWAY LIGHT, HE WOULD HAVE ROLLED OUT INTO A VERY MUDDY, SOFT GRASS AREA, AND COULD HAVE EASILY FLIPPED THE AIRCRAFT OVER, OR WORSE. THE PILOT DECIDED TO ABORT THE LANDING ATTEMPT, AND AT APPROXIMATELY TWENTY FEET IN THE AIR AND SINKING, THE PILOT ADDED TAKE-OFF POWER TO GO-AROUND. THE PILOT REMEMBERED HEARING A LOUD BUMP JUST AFTER ADDING TAKE-OFF POWER. THE PILOT CONTINUED AROUND AND LANDED THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT ANY FURTHER INCIDENT. AFTER LANDING, AND INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT, IT WAS REVEALED THAT THE "RIGID RUNWAY LIGHT" HAD DENTED THE LEADING EDGE OF THE LOWER WING APPROXIMATELY FIVE FEET INBOARD, AND HAD TORN A HOLE IN THE UNDERSIDE OF THE FABRIC APPROXIMATELY THREE FEET LONG. THERE WAS ALSO A LA RGE DENT IN THE LEFT LOWER AILERON AND LOWER WING SPAR.

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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