# Incident 19960706021019I: Waco UPF7, Kill Devil Hill, NC, July 6, 1996

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 6, 1996, 17:20 local time
- Place: Kill Devil Hill, NC
- Airport: First Flight Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.0176° N, 75.6716° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FIRST FLIGHT (FFA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0176&lon=-75.6716&mi=10
- Aircraft: N32132, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N32132) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Waco UPF-7 (registry code 9601302, https://openairdocs.org/model/waco-upf-7) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental R670-SERIES series (registry code 17016, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-r670-series-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: WACO UPF7
- Reported engine: CONT R670A
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,300 total, 1,650 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960706021019I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: DURING LANDING AND BRAKE APPLICATION, RIGHT BRAKE CONTROL CABLE EYE BOLT SHEARED IN HALF. DUE TO THE EYE BOLT FAILURE AND UNEVEN GROUND BRAKING THE AIRCRAFT GROUND LOOPED, DAMAGING THE LOWER RIGHT WING AND ELEVATOR.

## Other reports on N32132 (1)

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

- [Incident 20010217001479I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010217001479I), Feb 17, 2001: Waco UPF7 (N32132), Homestead, FL, Minor damage. (-23) A future customer parked her car at a crop dusting strip in Homestead, Florida, at approx. noon on Saturday 17, 2001. She was inquiring about taking a…

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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