# Accident 20180709015909A: Classic Aircraft Corp WACO YMF, North Myrtle Be, SC, July 9, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 9, 2018, 11:01 local time
- Place: North Myrtle Be, SC
- Airport: Grand Strand
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8117° N, 78.7239° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8117&lon=-78.7239&mi=10
- Aircraft: N96T, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N96T) (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: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 6,645 total, 250 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB GAA18CA434](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA434) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180709015909A

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 9, 2018 AT 1150 AM, WEST COLUMBIA FSDO SO-13, RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF AN ACCIDENT AT AIRPORT KCRE THAT INVOLVED AIRCRAFT REGISTRATION NUMBER N96T.   THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNING TO KCRE FOLLOWING A LOCAL FLIGHT WITH THE PIC AND TWO PASSENGERS.  ON LANDING ROLLOUT ON RUNWAY 05, THE AIRCRAFT VEERED LEFT OFF RUNWAY CENTER. THE MAIN LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED RESULTING IN THE PROPELLER STRIKING THE RUNWAY/GROUND. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON ITS BELLY, IN A LEVEL AND UPRIGHT POSITION ON THE LEFT SIDE OF RUNWAY 05, FACING APPROXIMATELY 320 DEGREES.  BOTH THE PIC AND PASSENGERS EXITED THE AIRCRAFT, NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.

AIRWORTHINESS ASI FROM THIS OFFICE TRAVELED TO AIRPORT KCRE TO REVIEW AIRCRAFT RECORDS AND DAMAGE.  ASSESSMENT CONCLUDED THAT THERE WAS SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO THE RIGHT WING SPAR AND THAT THE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF THE RIGHT WING WAS COMPROMISED.

THIS OFFICE ALSO RECEIVED AN EYE WITNESS STATEMENT ON JULY 24, 2018, (ENCLOSED IN REPORT) FROM ANOTHER PILOT AT KCRE, THAT WAS HOLDING SHORT ON RUNWAY 05 WATCHING LANDING TRAFFIC, AND OBSERVING THE EVENT.

## 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 GAA18CA434](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/GAA18CA434), Jul 9, 2018: Classic Waco (N96T), North Myrtle Beach, SC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing in a left quartering headwind.

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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