# Accident 20001027019039A: Waco UPF7, Key West, FL, October 27, 2000 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: October 27, 2000, 15:34 local time - Place: Key West, FL - Airport: Key West International - Damage: Substantial damage - Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing) - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 24.5506° 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=24.5506&lon=-81.7793&mi=10 - Aircraft: N32049, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N32049) (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 W6706N - People aboard: 1 - Fatal injuries: 0 - Pilot flight hours: 1,991 total, 192 in this make and model, 165 in the last 90 days - NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA01LA019](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA01LA019) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001027019039A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. (-23)N32049, A WACO UPF-7, HAD JUST LANDED WHEN THE A/C WENT INTO A LEFT DRIFT. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO CORRECT WITH RIGHT BRAKE AND LEFT/BACK STICK. A/C'S LEFT WHEEL LIFTED OFF THE RUNWAY AND RIGHT WING TIP CONTACTED THE RUNWAY. WHEN THE LEFT WHEEL CAME DOWN THE A/C NOSED OVER AND FLIPPED COMING TO REST UPSIDE DOWN. THE PILOT HAD MADE 8-10 LANDINGS PRIOR TO THIS LANDING. THE PASSENGERS HAD BEEN PROPERLY BRIEFED ON THE RUDDER AND BRAKE PEDAL LOCA TIONS AND THE DANGERS OF HITTING THEM. THE RUNWAY IN USE WAS RUNWAY 09, THE WINDS WERE 350 DEGREES AT 11 KNOTS. THE TOWER REPORTED THE WINDS HAD BEEN SHIFTING FROM 020 AROUND TO 350 DURING THE DAY. (.4)ON OCTOBER 27, 2000, ABOUT 1534 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A WACO UPF-7, N32049, REGISTERED TO AND OPERATED BY ISLAND AERO TOURS, TURNED OVER INVERTED WHEN CONTROL WAS LOST DURING LANDING ROLL AT KEY WEST INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, KEY WEST, FLORIDA, WHILE ON A TITLE 14 CFR PART 91 SIGHTSEEING FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AND THE COMMERCIAL-RATED PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE TWO PASSENGERS REPORTED RECEIVING MINOR INJURIES . THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM KEY WEST, THE SAME DAY, ABOUT 1500. THE PILOT STATED THAT DURING LANDING ROLLOUT ON RUNWAY 9, THE AIRCRAFT WAS ROLLING STRAIGHT ON THE CENTER WHEN IT TURNED HARD TO THE LEFT. HE APPLIED FULL RIGHT RUDDER AND FULL LEFT AILERON, BUT THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TURNING. HE THEN APPLIED FULL RIGHT BRAKE, BUT THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO TURN TO THE LEFT. THE LEFT MAIN WHEEL THEN LIFTED OFF THE RUNWAY AND THE AIRCRAFT STARTED GOING STRAIGHT. WHEN THE LEFT WHEEL TOUCHED BACK DOWN ON THE RUNWAY, THE AIRCRAFT NOSED DOWN AND THE PROPELLER AND ENGINE CONTACTED THE RUNWAY. THE AIRCRAFT THEN NOSED OVER AND CAME TO REST INVERTED ON THE RUNWAY. HE STATED HE DID NOT USE ANY LEFT BRAKE DURING THE LANDING AND THAT HE BELIEVES THE PASSENGER IN THE FRONT SEAT APPLIED THE LEFT BRAKE DURING THE LANDING ROLL. THE AIRCRAFT OPERATOR STATED THAT THE MAIN LANDING GEAR WHEELS COULD BE TURNED FREELY AFTER THE ACCIDENT AND THAT THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION OF THE MAIN LANDING GEAR BRAKES. THE RUNWAY HAD FAINT TIRE MARKS FROM THE LEFT MAIN TIRE AND HEAVIER TIRE MARKS FROM THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR. THE PILOT HAD MADE EIGHT OR NINE PRIOR FLIGHTS THAT DAY IN SIMILAR WIND CONDITIONS. THE TWO PASSENGERS WERE SEATED IN THE FRONT COCKPIT AND EACH HAD ACCESS TO A BRAKE PEDAL. THE PASSENGERS WERE BRIEFED BY THE OFFICE SECRETARY AND THE PILOT BEFORE THE FLIGHT TO AVOID THE BRAKE PEDALS. THE PASSENGER SEATED IN THE LEFT FRONT SEAT STATED HE AND HIS WIFE WERE IN THE FRONT. HIS WIFE WAS ON THE RIGHT. THEY WERE BRIEFED ABOUT THE CONTROLS IN THE FRONT COCKPIT AND TOLD NOT TO TOUCH THEM. THIS INCLUDED THE PEDALS ON THE FLOOR. AT NO TIME DURING THE FLIGHT DID HE TOUCH THE FLIGHT CONTROLS OR PEDALS ON THE FLOOR AND HIS WIFE COULD NOT REACH THE PEDALS. WHEN THEY LANDED, THE AIRCRAFT WENT TO THE RIGHT FIRST AND THEN BACK TO THE LEFT. IT THEN NOSED OVER AND CAME TO REST UPSIDE DOWN. ## 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 MIA01LA019](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA01LA019), Oct 27, 2000: Waco UPF-7 (N32049), Key West, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the pilot to maintain directional control during landing with a quartering tail wind, resulting in the aircraft nosing over and coming to rest inverted. ## Other reports on N32049 (1) Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date. - [Incident 20030108000439I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030108000439I), Jan 8, 2003: Waco UPF7 (N32049), Key West, FL, Minor damage. (-23) On January 8, 2003, at approximately 1515Z, a Waco UPF-7 N32049 s/n 5680 aircraft landed on runway 9, then went off the runway causing minor damage to… 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. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). 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