# Accident 20020629038389A: Waco ASO, Mount Vernon, OH, June 29, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 29, 2002, 16:30 local time
- Place: Mount Vernon, OH
- Airport: Knox County Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.3289° N, 82.5261° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at KNOX COUNTY (4I3), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3289&lon=-82.5261&mi=10
- Aircraft: N763E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N763E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Waco ASO (registry code 9601202, https://openairdocs.org/model/waco-aso) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Wright WWJ series (registry code 67007, https://openairdocs.org/engine/wright-wwj-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: WACO ASO
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020629038389A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JUNE 29, 2002, THE PILOT DEPARTED THE WYNCOOP (6G4) AIRPORT WITH TWO PASSENGERS. THE PILOT MADE THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT WHEN INTERVIEWED ABOUT THE ACCIDENT: "I DEPARTED THE WYNCOOP AIRPORT NORMALLY. AS I FLEW BACK OVER THE FIELD I SAW SEVERAL PEOPLE ON THE RUNWAY WAVING AT ME. I KNEW SOMETHING WAS WRONG. I LOOKED OUT EACH SIDE OF THE AIRPLANE AND SAW A BROKEN LANDING GEAR STRUT. I FLEW TO THE KNOW COUNTY (4I3) AIRPORT, WHICH HAD A LONGER AND WIDER RUNWAY. I MADE A NORMAL APPROACH AND LANDING. THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED ON THE BROKEN LANDING GEAR AND THEN FLIPPED OVER ON IT'S BACK." THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE UPPER WING SPAR CENTER SECTION, ENGINE MOUNT AND RUDDER. ONE OF THE TWO PASSENGERS SUSTAINED MINOR INJURY, WAS TREATED AND RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL. NO POST ACCIDENT FIRE.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N763E (2)

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

- [Accident 19880812032599A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880812032599A), Aug 12, 1988: Waco ATO (N763E), Middletown, OH, Substantial damage. Engine quit on climbout. Fuel selector on aux tank which ran dry. Hit a tree and flipped over in a pond returning.
- [Incident 19870704063369I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870704063369I), Jul 4, 1987: Waco ASO (N763E), Hamilton, OH, Minor damage. The left gear collapsed when the aircraft veered on landing roll. A weld in the axle housing failed.

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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