# Accident 20050807024699A: Waco CTO, Kirksville, IL, August 7, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 7, 2005, 11:15 local time
- Place: Kirksville, IL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.4106° N, 88.8456° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.4106&lon=-88.8456&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7446, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7446) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Waco CTO (registry code 9601214, https://openairdocs.org/model/waco-cto) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: WACO CTO
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 200 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI05CA172](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05CA172) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050807024699A

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE ON A PERSONAL PLEASURE FLIGHT AT ABOUT 11:15 AM CDT THE APPROPRIATELY CERTIFICATED AND QUALIFIED PILOT AND SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRCRAFT EXPERIENCED A ROUGH ENGINE WITH A LOSS OF POWER AND FLUCTUATING OIL PRESSURE. RATHER THAN RISK MORE DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE THE PIC ELECTED TO MAKE AN OFF AIRPORT LANDING IN A SOYBEAN FIELD. THE RIGHT WING CAUGHT IN THE BEANS PULLLING THE AIRCRAFT TO THE RIGHT AND DOWN, COMING TO REST UPRIGHT IN THE FIEL ON ITS LEFT LANDING GEAR AND NOSE. THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING AND RIGHT LANDING GEAR AND LEFT SHOCK STRUT ASSEMBLY. THE PILOT EXITED THE AIRCRAFT WITHOUT INJURY.

## 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 CHI05CA172](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05CA172), Aug 7, 2005: Waco CTO (N7446), Shelbyville, IL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The loss of engine power during cruise due to carburetor ice. A factor was conditions conducive to carburetor icing.

## Other reports on N7446 (1)

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

- [Incident 19910622029359I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910622029359I), Jun 22, 1991: Waco CTO (N7446), Ocala, FL, Minor damage. Pilot ground looped the aircraft on landing rollout.

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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