# Accident 20090627010399A: Waco YMFF5C, Pittsburg, KS, June 27, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 27, 2009, 16:00 local time
- Place: Pittsburg, KS
- Airport: Atkinson Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.4494° N, 94.7311° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.4494&lon=-94.7311&mi=10
- Aircraft: N702KB, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N702KB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Waco Classic YMF-F5C (registry code 9600425, https://openairdocs.org/model/waco-classic-ymf-f5c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Jacobs R-755B2M (registry code 35024, https://openairdocs.org/engine/jacobs-r-755b2m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: WACO YMFF5C
- Reported engine: JACOBP R755B2M
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 17,000 total, 3,000 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN09CA395](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09CA395) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090627010399A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON JUNE 27, 2009, A PRIVATE PILOT AND FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR WERE CONDUCTING A TRAINING FLIGHT IN A WACO YMF-5C REGISTERED N702DB.  ONE HOUR AFTER THE FLIGHT BEGAN, THE INSTRUCTOR AND STUDENT WERE PRACTICING FULL STOP LANDINGS ON RUNWAY 22 AT ATKINSON AIRPORT (PTS).  ON DOWNWIND FOR RUNWAY 22, THE INSTRUCTOR SIMULATED AN ENGINE FAILURE.  THE STUDENT THEN MADE A POWER-OFF APPROACH TO LAND ON RUNWAY 34.  THE INSTRUCTOR REPORTED THAT THE AIRCRAFT TOUCHED DOWN ABOUT HALFWAY DOWN THE LENGTH OF RUNWAY 34.  DURING THE ROLLOUT, THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN A LEFT TURN AND THE INSTRUCTOR WAS NOT ALE TO RECOVER BEFORE THE AIRCRAFT'S LEFT WING STRUCK THE GROUND IN THE SOD ON THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY.  THE AIRCRAFT THEN TURNED 120 DEGREES TO THE LEFT AND CAME TO REST ON THE SIDE OF THE RUNWAY.  THE AIRCRAFT HAD SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES REPORTED.

## 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 CEN09CA395](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09CA395), Jun 27, 2009: Waco Classic YMF-F5C (N702KB), Pittsburg, KS, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's loss of directional control resulting in a ground-loop.

## Other reports on N702KB (2)

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

- [Incident 20220428005869I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20220428005869I), Apr 28, 2022: Waco Classic Aircraft YMF-F5C (N702KB), New Knoxville, OH, Minor damage. Pilot[privacy data omitted] was conducting practice full stop landings at kaxv on runway 8, surface was dry and unobstructed. Winds were 080 at 5 KTS. VFR…
- [Incident 20170421002719I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20170421002719I), Apr 21, 2017: Waco Classic Aircraft YMF-F5C (N702KB), Wapakoneta, OH, Minor damage. Pilot was practicing landings from about 2:20 until 3:20 p.m. on the seventh landing of the day, during the later stages of his roll out, the right wing and…

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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