# Incident 20100711038499I: Waco UPF-7, Westfield, MA, July 11, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 11, 2010, 16:37 local time
- Place: Westfield, MA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.1251° N, 72.7495° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Westfield, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1251&lon=-72.7495&mi=10
- Aircraft: N30130, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N30130) (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 UPF-7
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR W670 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport, flight instructor
- Pilot flight hours: 15,706 total, 258 in this make and model, 28 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100711038499I

## Narrative

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

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, A CERTIFIED FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR (CFI), WAS PROVIDING TAIL WHEEL INSTRUCTION AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ HAD PREVIOUSLY RECEIVED 10 HOURS OF INSTRUCTION, FROM ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, IN THE WACO, UPF-7 PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT. AT APPROXIMATELY 1600 LOCAL, THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTED NORTHAMPTON, MA (7B2) ENROUTE TO WESTFIELD, MA (KBAF), WITH ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ IN THE FRONT SEAT AND ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ IN THE BACKSEAT, IN ORDER TO PRACTICE TAKE-OFFS AND LANDINGS ON A PAVED RUNWAY. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS ON THE CONTROLS AND EXECUTED AN ENTRY INTO THE TRAFFIC PATTERN. AIR TRAFFIC CLEARED N30130 FOR THE OPTION, RUNWAY 2. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ EXECUTED A NORMAL APPROACH TO A WHEEL LANDING. AFTER LANDING WITH THE TAIL STILL IN THE AIR, AT APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ CORRECTED FOR A RIGHT YAW WITH LEFT BRAKE. THE BRAKE APPLICATION CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO VEER OFF THE RUNWAY TO THE LEFT, CONTACTING A RUNWAY LIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT THEN TAXIED TO THE RAMP WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT INDICATES THAT THE RIGHT LOWER HORIZONTAL STABILIZER BRACE CONTACTED THE RUNWAY LIGHT CAUSING A PENCIL ERASER SIZE HOLE IN THE LOWER FABRIC OF THE RIGHT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER.

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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