# Accident 19980803019389A: Waco UPF7, Key West, FL, August 3, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 3, 1998, 11:56 local time
- Place: Key West, FL
- Airport: Key West International
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 24.5493° N, 81.7793° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=24.5493&lon=-81.7793&mi=10
- Aircraft: N29927, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N29927) (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*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,843 total, 1,732 in this make and model, 178 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA98LA217](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA98LA217) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980803019389A

## Narrative

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

BANNER TOWING ACFT STALLED AND CRASH LANDED ON RWY 9, OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES ARE UNKNOWN.(.4) THE PILOT WAS APPROACHING FOR A BANNER DROP, THE POWER WAS AT ALOW POWER SETTING. THE PILOT RELEASED THE BANNER, AT AN ALTITUDE OF ABOUT 75 FEET, APPLIED FULL POWER, AND RECEIVED NO RESPONSE FROM THE ENGINE. HE THEN PUMPED THE THROTTLE AND AGAIN NO RESPONSE. HE MADE A RIGHT TURN IN AN ATTEMPT TO LAND ON RUNWAY 9. THE AIRPLANE STALLED, SPUN IN, AND IMPACTED THE RUNWAY NOSE DOWN. THE PILOT STATE THAT `HE DID NOT APPLY CARBURETOR HEAT.' NO DISCREPANCIES WERE FOUND WITH THE ENGINE OR AIRFRAME. (-23) AFTER BANNER TOW, PILOT DID LOW DOWNWIND BANNER DROP PARALLEL TO AND SOUTH OF R/W APPROX 900 FT. AFTER DROP HE APPLIED POWER TO CLIMB TO LAND, ENGINE DID NOT RESPOND. PUMPED THROTTLE BUT STILL NO RESPONSE. INITIATED RH TURN TO LAND ON RW 9, STALLED, AND IMPACTED RUNWAY APPROX 500' FROM END. ACFT STRUCK IN NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE ON A LDG OF APPROX 130 DEGREES, THE ENGINE SEPARATED FROM THE ACFT AND THE ACFT CAUGHT ON FIRE.

## 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 MIA98LA217](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA98LA217), Aug 3, 1998: Waco UPF-7 (N29927), Key West, FL, destroyed. Probable cause: A loss of engine power due to undetermined reasons, resulting in an inadvertent stall at too low an altitude to allow recovery.

## Other reports on N29927 (1)

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

- [Accident 19730506009229A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730506009229A), May 6, 1973: Waco UPF7 (N29927), Bedminster, NJ, Substantial damage. Acft veered r hit parked comanche N8900P,sub dmg. Gnd marks indicate only r brake effective.

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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