# Accident 20030907025269A: Waco YMF, Taos, NM, September 7, 2003

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 7, 2003, 10:20 local time
- Place: Taos, NM
- Airport: Taos Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.4581° N, 105.6722° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.4581&lon=-105.6722&mi=10
- Aircraft: N455RT (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: WACO YMF
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,212 total, 368 in this make and model, 41 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN03LA151](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN03LA151) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030907025269A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON SEPTEMBER 7, 2003 AT 1020 MDT A WACO YMF (N455RT) REGISTERED TO RET BUTLER COMMUNICATIONS GROUP, 3930 N PINE GROVE AVE., CHICAGO, IL 60613 AND OPERATED BY RONALD E TARRSON, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SWERVED OFF OF THE RUNWAY AND COLLIDED WITH A BERM WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND AT TAOS REGIONAL AIRPORT, TAOS, NM. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, AND THE CERTIFICATED PRIVATE PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT, WAS NOT INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT SANTA FE, NM AT 1000, SEPTEMBER 7, 2003.

## 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 DEN03LA151](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN03LA151), Sep 7, 2003: Waco YMF-5 (N455RT), Taos, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing roll which resulted in the subsequent ground loop/swerve and impact with the ditch.

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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