# Accident 20090914018219A: Waco QCF, Bend, OR, September 14, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 14, 2009, 09:30 local time
- Place: Bend, OR
- Airport: Bend Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.0944° N, 121.2000° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0944&lon=-121.2000&mi=10
- Aircraft: N11241, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N11241) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Waco QCF (registry code 9600408, https://openairdocs.org/model/waco-qcf) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental R670-SERIES series (registry code 17016, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-r670-series-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: WACO QCF
- Reported engine: CONT R670*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,500 total, 2 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR09LA475](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09LA475) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090914018219A

## Narrative

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

ON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2009, APPROXIMATELY 9:30 AM LOCAL TIME, NX11241, A WACO QCF WAS FLYING FROM HOOD RIVER, OREGON TO PRESCOTT, AZ MAKING A SCHEDULED FUEL STOP IN BEND, OR (BND).  THE PIC SAID AS THE AIRCRAFT SETTLED ON THE RUNWAY A GUST OF WIND YAWED THE TAIL TO THE LEFT.  THE PIC INSTINCTIVLY USED LEFT RUDDER AND TOE BRAKE TO STOP THE YAW BUT LOST CONTROL AS THE BRAKE CONTROL IS CONTROLLED THROUGH THE THROTTLE LEVER NOT THE RUDDERS.  THE AIRCRAFT VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY COLLAPSING THE LEFT MAIN GEAR CAUSING THE LOWER LEFT WING THE HIT THE GROUND CRACKING THREE SPARES.

## 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 WPR09LA475](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR09LA475), Sep 14, 2009: Waco QCF-2 (N11241), Bend, OR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during landing. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's lack of experience in the make and model airplane.

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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