# Incident 20100919047079I: Classic Air WACO YMF, Sparta, MI, September 19, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 19, 2010, 18:30 local time
- Place: Sparta, MI
- Airport: Paul C. Miller-Sparta
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.1274° N, 85.6791° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PAUL C MILLER/SPARTA (8D4), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.1274&lon=-85.6791&mi=10
- Aircraft: N14081, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N14081) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Classic WACO YMF (registry code 2240101, https://openairdocs.org/model/classic-waco-ymf) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Jacobs R755B series (registry code 35007, https://openairdocs.org/engine/jacobs-r755b-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CLASSIC AIR WACO YMF
- Reported engine: JACOBS R755B SERIES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 13,000 total, 1,148 in this make and model, 31 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100919047079I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STATED THAT HE LANDED ON NE SIDE OF THE SPARTA AIRPORT.  UPON LANDING PLANE BEGAN OCILATING AND PORPOSING.  AIRPLANE IMPACTED RUNWAY SIGN ON LEFT SIDE OF THE RUNWAYWIH LANDING GEAR.

## Other reports on N14081 (1)

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

- [Incident 19910528022269I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910528022269I), May 28, 1991: Waco YMF (N14081), Erie, PA. Used heavy braking while attempting to clear runway. Lost control and ground looped.

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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