# Incident 20200212006819I: Waco Classic Aircraft YMF-F5C, Lihue, HI, February 12, 2020

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 12, 2020, 14:17 local time
- Place: Lihue, HI
- Airport: Lihue
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 21.9760° N, 159.3390° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LIHUE (LIH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=21.9760&lon=-159.3390&mi=10
- Aircraft: N346W, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N346W) (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: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 12,111 total, 4,305 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20200212006819I

## Narrative

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

LIHUE, HI (LIH), N346W, WACO YMF, LANDED RUNWAY 35, WIND LIFTED TAIL AND SPUN AIRCRAFT OFF RUNWAY

WINDS WERE REPORTED AS 090 AT 11 KNOTS GUSTS 16 KNOTS AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.

MINOR DAMAGE TO THE LEFT WING TIP, LEFT AILERON, AND LEFT WHEEL AND TIRE ASSEMBLY.

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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