# Incident 20120130000519I: Classic Aircraft Corp WACO YMF, Naples, FL, January 30, 2012

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 30, 2012, 11:57 local time
- Place: Naples, FL
- Airport: Naples Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.1524° N, 81.7756° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NAPLES MUNI (APF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1524&lon=-81.7756&mi=10
- Aircraft: N789WC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N789WC) (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 AIRCRAFT CORP WACO YMF
- Reported engine: JACOBS R755B SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,600 total, 55 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120130000519I

## Narrative

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

THIS IS AIRMANS SECOND TIME HITTING A WING TIP ON THE PAVEMENT.DURING THIS INCIDENT THERE WERE CROSSWINDS FROM 4-8 KNOTS GUSTING.  THE AIRMAN WAS DOING AIRPORT PATTERN WORK.  UPON LANDING HE LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL HIT THE LEFT WING TIP.  HE APPLIEND POWER REGAINED CONTROL DID A GO AROUND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY TO THE TOWER AND LANDED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.  DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT TIP WAS MINIMAL.

## Other reports on N789WC (1)

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

- [Incident 20111021026029I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20111021026029I), Oct 21, 2011: Classic Aircraft Corp WACO YMF (N789WC), Chattanooga, TN, Minor damage. The aircraft landed normally. On landing roll out, the aircraft veered to the left and ran off the runway into the grass. The aircraft continued, under its own…

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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