# Accident 20080525835409A: Waco GXE, Provincetown, MA, May 25, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 25, 2008, 17:30 local time
- Place: Provincetown, MA
- Airport: Provincetown Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.0697° N, 70.2194° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0697&lon=-70.2194&mi=10
- Aircraft: N312DC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N312DC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Waco GXE (registry code 9600702, https://openairdocs.org/model/waco-gxe) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental W670 series (registry code 17018, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-w670-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: WACO GXE
- Reported engine: CONT R670*
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 150 in this make and model, 12 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA08CA107](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA08CA107) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080525835409A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT STATED THAT A TOUCHDOWN ON RUNWAY 7 AIRCRAFT STARTED TO VEER TO THE RIGHT. AS IT DID SO HE APPLIED LEFT RUDDER AND LEFT AILERON IN AN ATTEMPT TO KEEP AIRCRAFT ON THE RUNWAY. DUE TO HIS CONCENTRATION ON RUDDER PEDALS, HE WAS UNABLE TO REACH HEEL BRAKES TO APPLY DIFFERENTIAL BRAKING. RIGHT WHEEL LEFT RUNWAY AND ENTERED GRASS CAUSING A GROUND LOOP TO THE RIGHT. PILOT STATED THAT HE PERFORMED A FULL STALL LANDING AND UPON INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT, THE TAIL WHEEL LEFT CENTERING SPRING BRACKET WAS FOUND BROKEN.

## 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 MIA08CA107](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA08CA107), May 25, 2008: Waco GXE (N312DC), Provincetown, MA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control while landing.

## Other reports on N312DC (1)

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

- [Incident 20230918011302I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230918011302I), Sep 18, 2023: Waco GXE (N312DC), Sevierville, TN, Minor damage. On September 18th, at 17:09 EST, the PIC of an airplane conducting a local air tour operation taxiied from the ramp to an area the PIC conducted his runups.…

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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