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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Waco YMF-3 · Thermal, CA · March 30, 2013

Date
March 30, 2013 · 12:10 local
Place
Thermal, CA
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N14080
NTSB investigation
NTSBWPR13CA172
Reported as
Waco YMF-3
Reported engine
JACOBS L4 /R755-7
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Commercial pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
5,000 total230 in this make and model70 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.

Localized windshear resulted in a directional shift and sudden loss of airspeed at the moment of touchdown during a full stall landing. The magnitude of the windshift exceeded the control capabilities of the aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

LOCALIZED WINDSHEAR RESULTED IN A DIRECTIONAL SHIFT AND SUDDEN LOSS OF AIRSPEED AT THE MOMENT OF TOUCHDOWN DURING A FULL STALL LANDING. THE MAGNITUDE OF THE WINDSHIFT EXCEEDED THE CONTROL CAPABILITIES OF THE AIRCRAFT.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.