# Accident 20070226003909A: Waltzw WAIEX, Phoenix, AZ, February 26, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 26, 2007, 15:00 local time
- Place: Phoenix, AZ
- Airport: Phoenix-Deer Valley Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6883° N, 112.0817° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6883&lon=-112.0817&mi=10
- Aircraft: N600WW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N600WW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Waltz Wendel WAIEX (registry code 05619PS, https://openairdocs.org/model/waltz-wendel-waiex) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Revmaster R-2300 (registry code 52554, https://openairdocs.org/engine/revmaster-r-2300) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: WALTZW WAIEX
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 810 total, 12 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA07CA070](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA07CA070) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070226003909A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON FEBRUARY 26, 2007, AT APPROXIMATELY 1500 MST, N600WW, AN EXPERIMENTAL AMATEUR BUILT SONEX YX AIRPLANE, WITH THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PERFORMING AS PILOT-IN-COMMAND, CRASHED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND ON RUNWAY 25 RIGHT AT PHOENIX DEER VALLEY AIRPORT (DVT). THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ REPORTED THAT HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO LAND ON RUNWAY 25 RIGHT AND THAT DURING THE LANDING FLARE, NOTICED THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE WAS FAR OFF TO HIS RIGHT. AS HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO CORRECT BACK TO THE CENTERLINE OF THE RUNWAY, THE AIRCRAFT DRIFTED OFF THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY AND STRUCK A RUNWAY SIGN WITH THE LEFT WING. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST UPRIGHT OFF TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY IN THE DIRT. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING WHICH REQUIRES REPLACEMENT OF THE LEADING EDGE SHEET METAL AND APPROXIMATELY FIVE INTERNAL RIBS. THE LONE OCCUPANT WAS NOT INJURED.

## 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 SEA07CA070](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA07CA070), Feb 26, 2007: Waltz Sonex Waiex (N600WW), Phoenix, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll. The fact that the pilot had only two hours total time in this make and model aircraft was a factor in the accident.

## Other reports on N600WW (1)

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

- [Incident 20091022022409I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20091022022409I), Oct 22, 2009: Amtr WAIEX (N600WW), Torrance, CA, Minor damage. Pilot attempted to taxi around another aircraft on the ramp and taxied too close to the taxiway edge. This caused the pilot to strike a taxiway sign with the…

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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