# Accident 20210916015799A: Waco Classic Aircraft Corp 2T-1A-2, Battle Creek, MI, September 16, 2021

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 16, 2021, 15:56 local time
- Place: Battle Creek, MI
- Airport: Battle Creek Exec At Kellogg F
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.3076° N, 85.2513° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3076&lon=-85.2513&mi=10
- Aircraft: N53GL, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N53GL) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Waco Classic 2T-1A-2 (registry code 9600427, https://openairdocs.org/model/waco-classic-2t-1a-2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming AEIO-360-B1G6 (registry code 41879, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-aeio-360-b1g6) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: WACO CLASSIC AIRCRAFT CORP 2T-1A-2
- Reported engine: LYCOMING AEIO-360-B1G6
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot, private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 490 total, 12 in this make and model, 65 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN21LA430](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN21LA430) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210916015799A

## Narrative

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

DURING LANDING WITH CROSSWIND CONDITIONS, AIRPLANE BOUNCED THEN SETTLED ONTO RUNWAY VEERING RIGHT. PIC APPLIED LEFT RUDDER, OVER CORRECTING CAUSING THE AIRPLANE TO GROUND-LOOP.

## 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 CEN21LA430](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN21LA430), Sep 16, 2021: Waco Classic 2T-1A-2 (N53GL), Battle Creek, MI, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control of the tailwheel equipped airplane during a crosswind landing and the flight instructor’s inadequate remedial action.

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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