# Accident 20000816012379A: Waco AGC8, Ogden, UT, August 16, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 16, 2000, 14:24 local time
- Place: Ogden, UT
- Airport: Ogden-Hinckley Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.1951° N, 112.0122° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at OGDEN-HINCKLEY (OGD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1951&lon=-112.0122&mi=10
- Aircraft: N66206, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N66206) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Waco AGC-8 (registry code 9600602, https://openairdocs.org/model/waco-agc-8) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Jacobs L6 (registry code 35005, https://openairdocs.org/engine/jacobs-l6) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: WACO AGC8
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN00LA154](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN00LA154) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000816012379A

## Narrative

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

(-23) MR VENALECK WAS INVOLVED IN A LANDING ACCIDENT AT OGD AIRPORT ON 8/16/00 AT APPROX 1424 MDT. THE WIND FROM METAR AT THE TIME OF ACCIDENT WAS VARIABLE AT 6 KTS AND THE TEMPERATURES WAS 88F. THE A/C WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED, WITH NO INJURIOES TO THE PILOT OR PASSENGERS. ON LANDING THE A/C WAS FAST AND MADE SEVERAL BOUNCES WITH LOSS OF CONTROL AFTER THE THIRD CONTACT WITH RUNWAY. A CLASSIC GROUND LOOP OCCURRED CAUSING THE A/C TO VACATE THE RUNWAY. SKID MARKS INDICATED HEAVY USE OF THE RIGHT BRAKE AND EVENTUALLY THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED. WHEN THE RIGHT LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED THE RIGHT LOWER WING CONTACTED THE GROUND, CAUSING EXTENSIVE INTERNAL DAMAGE TO LOWER WING SPARS. ALSO, DAMAGE TOI THE UPPER WING OCCURRED AND THE POSSIBILITY OF CRACKS TO THE UPPER WING SPAR.

## 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 DEN00LA154](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN00LA154), Aug 16, 2000: Waco AGC-8 (N66206), Ogden, UT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the aircraft during landing roll. Factors were a tail wind, inadequate weather evaluation by the pilot, and lack of experience in make and model.

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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