20030108000439I

Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Waco UPF-7 · Key West, FL · January 8, 2003

Date: January 8, 2003 · 15:15 local
Place: Key West, FL
Airport: Key West International
Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N32049
Reported as: Waco UPF7
Reported engine: Continental W6706N
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 8,000 total8 in this make and model60 in the last 90 days

N32049Registered now · Waco UPF-7S/N 5680 · Built 1941 Airframe modelWaco UPF-7 Engine modelContinental W670 seriesReciprocating

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-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 the aircraft at Key West International Airport (eyw). The pilot privacy data omitted was practicing crosswind landings with the aircraft owner privacy data omitted on board as an observer. On the second landing, after the tailwheel touched down at about 10-15 miles per hour. At that time, the aircraft encountered 15-20 knots crosswinds from 350-360 degrees, which caused the nose of the aircraft to turn quickly into the winds resulting into a "ground loop". The aircraft veered off the runway, approximately 1000 yards west of intersection echo where the aircraft stopped. There was no fire and the occupants were not injured. The aircraft sustained damage to the lower right wing, both main landing gear struts, and tail wheel came off. Its owner mentioned above removed the aircraft from the runway to their hangar.

As the FAA filed it

(-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 THE AIRCRAFT AT KEY WEST INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (EYW). THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS PRACTICING CROSSWIND LANDINGS WITH THE AIRCRAFT OWNER ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ON BOARD AS AN OBSERVER. ON THE SECOND LANDING, AFTER THE TAILWHEEL TOUCHED DOWN AT ABOUT 10-15 MILES PER HOUR. AT THAT TIME, THE AIRCRAFT ENCOUNTERED 15-20 KNOTS CROSSWINDS FROM 350-360 DEGREES, WHICH CAUSED THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT TO TURN QUICKLY INTO THE WINDS RESULTING INTO A "GROUND LOOP". THE AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY, APPROXIMATELY 1000 YARDS WEST OF INTERSECTION ECHO WHERE THE AIRCRAFT STOPPED. THERE WAS NO FIRE AND THE OCCUPANTS WERE NOT INJURED. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED DAMAGE TO THE LOWER RIGHT WING, BOTH MAIN LANDING GEAR STRUTS, AND TAIL WHEEL CAME OFF. ITS OWNER MENTIONED ABOVE REMOVED THE AIRCRAFT FROM THE RUNWAY TO THEIR HANGAR.

Other reports on N32049 · 1

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

Accident 20001027019039ARoll-Out (Fixed Wing) · Key West, FL(-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…Oct 27, 2000 · Substantial damage