# Incident 20030915024589I: Waco ATO, Maysville Arpt, OK, September 15, 2003

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 15, 2003, 11:50 local time
- Place: Maysville Arpt, OK
- Airport: Grimes Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.8001° N, 97.4823° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GRIMES (1OK7), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8001&lon=-97.4823&mi=10
- Aircraft: N767K, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N767K) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Waco ATO (registry code 9601212, https://openairdocs.org/model/waco-ato) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Wright WWJ series (registry code 67007, https://openairdocs.org/engine/wright-wwj-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: WACO ATO
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,983 total, 143 in this make and model, 9 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030915024589I

## Narrative

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

(-23) AT APPROXIMATELY 1150, 09-15-2003, A WACO-ATO, N676K CRASHED DURING ATTEMPTED TAKE OFF AT GRIMES AIRPORT NEAR MAYSVILLE, OKLAHOMA. THE PILOT STATED THAT HE TOOK OFF TO THE SOUTH ON THE GRASS STRIP, THE AIRCRAFT ATTAINED AN ALTITUDE OF ABOUT 25 TO 30 FEET AND VEERED TO THE LEFT. HE SAID HE USED RIGHT RUDDER BUT THERE WAS NO RESPONSE TO THE RUDDER INPUT, THEN HE USED THE AILERONS TO BANK RIGHT BUT STILL IDD NOT GET ANY RESPONSE SO HE REDUCED THE ENGINE POWER. THE RIGHT WING TIPS OF THE AIRCRAFT IMPACTED THE GROUND AND THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO TUMBLE. THE HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL STABILIZERS, PROPELLER AND ENGINE, AND LEFT WING TIPS IMPACTED THE GROUND AND THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR WAS BROKE. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE RUNWAY ORIENTED TO THE NORTHWEST. THE PILOT SAID HE WAS NOT INJURED. THERE WAS NO FIRE. ONE WITNESS STATED HE WATCHED THE AIRCRAFT TAKE OFF AND CRASH. HE SAID THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT APPEAR TO BE MOVING FAST ENOUGH TO TAKE OFF WHEN IT LIFTED OFF AND THAT IT WAS WALLOWING ALONG UNTIL HE HEARD THE ENGINE POWER CUT AND SAW THE AIRCRAFT CRASH.

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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