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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Waco UBF · Owlshead, ME · September 1, 2011

Date
September 1, 2011 · 11:55 local
Place
Owlshead, ME
Phase of flight
Taxi
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N13442
Reported as
Waco UBF
Reported engine
Continental W670 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
1,887 total147 in this make and model24 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

While taxiing in on the grass after landing the tubing parted at the lower end of the gear cabane next to the welded axle end. The right wing went down and the lower engine cylinder touched the grass and dug in. The airplane proceeded to go vertical and then went over on her back,with the fin touching the ground.

As the FAA filed it

WHILE TAXIING IN ON THE GRASS AFTER LANDING THE TUBING PARTED AT THE LOWER END OF THE GEAR CABANE NEXT TO THE WELDED AXLE END.THE RIGHT WING WENT DOWN AND THE LOWER ENGINE CYLINDER TOUCHED THE GRASS AND DUG IN.THE AIRPLANE PROCEEDED TO GO VERTICAL AND THEN WENT OVER ON HER BACK,WITH THE FIN TOUCHING THE GROUND.