# Accident 20040409005189A: Waco ASO, Lexington, KY, April 9, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 9, 2004, 19:29 local time
- Place: Lexington, KY
- Airport: Blue Grass
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.0369° N, 84.6053° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.0369&lon=-84.6053&mi=10
- Aircraft: N11253, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N11253) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Waco ASO (registry code 9601202, https://openairdocs.org/model/waco-aso) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental W670 series (registry code 17018, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-w670-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: WACO ASO
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,509 total, 1,051 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD04CA015](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD04CA015) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040409005189A

## Narrative

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

(-23) APPARENT WAKE TURBULENCE. SUBJECT A/C TOOK OFF SHORTLY AFTER AN MD-80 SERIES LANDED. THE PILOT BELIEVES WAKE TURBULENCE WAS THE CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT.

## 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 IAD04CA015](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD04CA015), Apr 9, 2004: Waco ASO (N11253), Lexington, KY, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate remedial action to wake turbulence. A factor was the pilot's failure to recognize that the takeoff conditions were conducive to wake turbulence.

## Other reports on N11253 (2)

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

- [Accident 19781029034219A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19781029034219A), Oct 29, 1978: Waco ASO (N11253), Mt Sterling, KY, Substantial damage
- [Incident 19780822048469I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780822048469I), Aug 22, 1978: Waco ASO (N11253), Lexington, KY, Minor damage. Aircraft left runway on rollout due to broken bead area in wheel. Hayes kelsey model 752A, assy no. G373.

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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