# Incident 20140222002789I: Waco Classic Aircraft YMF-F5C, Carlsbad, CA, February 22, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 22, 2014, 19:15 local time
- Place: Carlsbad, CA
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.1581° N, 117.3506° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Carlsbad, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1581&lon=-117.3506&mi=10
- Aircraft: N171L, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N171L) (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: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 4,002 total, 130 in this make and model, 75 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140222002789I

## Narrative

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

PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TOOK OF FROM RUNWAY 24 AT PALOMAR AIRPORT IN CARLSBAD, CA (CRQ) AFTER SUNSET. HE STATED THAT AS HE CLIMBED AWAY FROM THE END OF THE RUNWAY, A LARGE NOISE FROM THE ENGINE BEGAN. SCHREYER SAID IT SOUNDED "MECHANICAL" IN NATURE. HE IMMEDIATELY TURNED DOWNWIND AND GOT CLEARED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 24.

THE WACO IS A TAIL-WHEEL. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED HIS LANDING WAS NORMAL. DURING THE ROLLOUT, BECAUSE THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT IS UP HIGH IN THE AIR WHILE THE TAIL WHEEL IS ON THE GROUND, AND IT WAS DARK, IT WAS DIFFICULT FOR HIM TO SEE EXACTLY WHERE HE WAS RELATIVE TO THE CENTER OF THE RUNWAY. AS HE RAISED THE TAIL SLIGHTLY TO GET BETTER VISIBILITY, HE REALIZED HE HAD DRIFTED WELL SOUTH OF THE CENTERLINE AND WAS NEAR THE SOUTH EDGE OF THE RUNWAY. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SAID HE TRIED TO STEERED THE AIRCRAFT BACK TOWARDS THE CENTERLINE, HOWEVER, THE PLANE PROPELLER NICKED THE EDGE OF THE RUNWAY SIGN. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SAID HE DID NOT FEEL THIS OCCUR, AND CONTINUED FORWARD AND EXITED THE RUNWAY AND TAXIED TO THE TRANSIENT RAMP TO SHUTDOWN AND PARK.

AFTER SHUTTING DOWN, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ NOTED A MINOR DAMAGE TO THE TIP OF ONE OF THE PROPELLER BLADES. ADDITIONALLY, HE NOTED THAT IN FACT ONE OF THE EXHAUST PLENUMS HAD FALLEN OFF THUS CREATING LOUD ENGINE EXHAUST NOISE.

## Other reports on N171L (1)

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

- [Accident 20150103005989A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150103005989A), Jan 3, 2015: Waco Classic Aircraft YMF-F5C (N171L), San Luis Obispo, CA, Substantial damage. Landing runway 29, pilot stated he had a left quartering tail wind. Made a normal wheel landing. Landed normally and at the end of roll out, speed approx 30-40…

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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