# Accident 20111016024399A: Waco Classic Aircraft YMF-F5C, Moriarty, NM, October 16, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 16, 2011, 10:57 local time
- Place: Moriarty, NM
- Airport: Moriarty Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.9822° N, 106.0050° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.9822&lon=-106.0050&mi=10
- Aircraft: N415WW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N415WW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Waco Classic YMF-F5C (registry code 9600425, https://openairdocs.org/model/waco-classic-ymf-f5c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Jacobs R-755A2M (registry code 35020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/jacobs-r-755a2m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: WACO CLASSIC AIRCRAFT YMF-F5C
- Reported engine: JACOBS R-755A2M
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,800 total, 50 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN12CA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12CA024) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111016024399A

## Narrative

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

ON OCTOBER 16, 2011, AT 1657Z, A WACO YMF-F5C, N415WW, REGISTERED TO WACO CLASSIC AICRAFT CORP., NOSED OVER ON LANDING AT MORIARTY AIRPORT, MORIARTY, NM, WHILE FLYING FROM LIBERAL, KS TO CAREFREE, AZ. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED, AND THE CERTIFICATED PRIVATE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA ON OCTOBER 1, 2011 AT 8:15 EST.

## 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 CEN12CA024](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12CA024), Oct 16, 2011: Waco Classic YMF-F5C (N415WW), Moriarty, NM, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain control of the airplane during the landing roll.

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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