# Incident 20010211004689I: Waco YPF7, Phoenix, AZ, February 11, 2001

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 11, 2001, 09:47 local time
- Place: Phoenix, AZ
- Airport: Phoenix-Deer Valley Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6883° N, 112.0826° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PHOENIX DEER VALLEY (DVT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6883&lon=-112.0826&mi=10
- Aircraft: N29904, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N29904) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Waco ZPF-7 (registry code 9601610, https://openairdocs.org/model/waco-zpf-7) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Jacobs R-755B2 (registry code 35023, https://openairdocs.org/engine/jacobs-r-755b2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: WACO YPF7
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 20,375 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010211004689I

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATEMENT: THE FOLLOWING IS A CHRONOLOGICAL DESCRIPTION OF EVENTS THAT OCCURRED ON THE MORNING OT FEBRUARY 11, 2001, INVOLVING MY AIRCRAFT, A WACO YPF-7 NC29904. ON MY ARRIVAL AT MY HANGER (41-14) AT THE PHOENIX DEER VALLEY IARPORT AT APPROXIMATELY 0900, I PROCEEDED TO PREFLIGHT AND FUEL MY AIRPLANE FOR A FLIGHT TO CASA GRANDE WITH A STOP AT STELLAR AIR PARK.  ATIS INFORMATION WAS OBTAINED AND I WAS CLEARED TO TAXI TO 7 LEFT.  I JOINED  THE 7 LEFT PRARLLEL PROCEEDING WEST.  AS I TAXIED I CONTINUALLY MADE "S" TURNS WHILE TAXIING TO CHECK THE AREA IN FRONT OF ME.  I OBSERVED A YELLOW VERI-EEZ AT THE END TAXIWAY OF 7 LEFT.  AS I CONTINUED TO TAXI, THE VERI-EEZ TOOK OFF ON RUNWAY 7 LEFT.  I CONTINUED TO "S" TURN WHILE TAXING, INTENDING TO PASS THROUGH THE 7 LEFT PERPENDICULAR TAXIWAY AND 7 LEFT PARALLEL INTERSECTION, MAKE A 180 AND DO MY RUNUP INTO THE WIND ON THE 7 LEFT PARALLEL TAXIWAY. THERE IS NO RUNUP PAD FOR 7 LEFT.  AS I APPROACHED THE INTERSECTION I OBSERVED NO OTHER AIRCRAFT IN FRONT OF ME.  AT THE POINT WHERE I WAS ABOUT TO ENTER THE INTERSECTION I SUDDENLY SAW AN AIRCRAFT RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME IN THE MIDDLE OF THE INTERSECTION.I IMMEDIATELY APPLIED MY BRAKES TO A VOID CONTACT WITH THE OTHER AIRCRAFT AND IN THE PROCESS MY AIRCRAFT NOSED OVER. THE PROP STRUCK THE PAVEMENT AND THE ENGINE STOPPED.  THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON IT'S NOSE.  I TURNED ALL SWITCHED OFF AND DEPLANED MY AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N29904 (1)

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

- [Accident 20020817019929A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020817019929A), Aug 17, 2002: Waco YPF7 (N29904), Dewey, AZ, Substantial damage. (.19) On August 17, 2002, at 1500 pacific daylight time, a Waco YPF-7 vintage airplane, N29904, was substantially damaged during a forced landing following 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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