# Incident 20090508010969I: Waco UPF7, Christmas, FL, May 8, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 8, 2009, 16:30 local time
- Place: Christmas, FL
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.5364° N, 81.0176° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Christmas, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.5364&lon=-81.0176&mi=10
- Aircraft: N32136, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N32136) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Waco UPF-7 (registry code 9601302, https://openairdocs.org/model/waco-upf-7) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental W670 series (registry code 17018, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-w670-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: WACO UPF7
- Reported engine: CONT W6706A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,500 total, 150 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090508010969I

## Narrative

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

(-23)  FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM MASSEY AIR RANCH IN EDGEWATER FLORIDA.  ENROUTE TO KISSIMMEE GATEWAY AIRPORT FLORIDA AT APPROXIMATELY 1500 FEET, PILOT NOTICED THE OIL PRESSURE DROPPED TO 20 PSI, NORMAL OIL PRESSURE FOR HIS AIRCRAFT WOULD BE 80 PSI.  PILOT ALSO OBSERVED HIS OIL TEMPERATURE GAUGE READ APPROXIMATELY 260 DEGREES AND NORMAL IS 150 DEGREES.  HE MADE A FORCED LANDING INTO A FIELD AT FORT CHRISTMAS PARK FLORIDA.  PILOT STATED THE LANDING DID NOT CAUSE ANY DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.  ARRANGEMENTS WERE MADE TO TRANSPORT THE AIRCRAFT TO LAKELAND LINDER REGIONAL AIRPORT FLORIDA FOR MAINTENANCE REPAIRS.

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.