# Incident 20241026015199I: Waco UPF-7, Merritt Island, FL, October 26, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 26, 2024, 09:10 local time
- Place: Merritt Island, FL
- Airport: Merritt Island
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.3416° N, 80.6855° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MERRITT ISLAND (COI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.3416&lon=-80.6855&mi=10
- Aircraft: N30146, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N30146) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Waco UPF-7 (registry code 9601302, https://openairdocs.org/model/waco-upf-7) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Jacobs R755B series (registry code 35007, https://openairdocs.org/engine/jacobs-r755b-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: WACO UPF-7
- Reported engine: JACOBS R755B SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 9,825 total, 806 in this make and model, 95 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241026015199I

## Narrative

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

ON 10/26/2024 A WACO UPF-7 WAS RETURNING FROM A FLIGHT WHEN, WHILE PARKING, THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK A VEHICLE THAT WAS NOT AUTHORIZED TO BE ON THE AIRFIELD ON THE OPERATORS RAMP. GROUND MARSHELLERS FAILED TO ALERT THE PILOT OF THE AIRCRAFT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED ON THE RAMP AND DUE TO THE WACO BEING A TAIL DRAGGER AND THE CONGESTION ON THE TAXIWAY AND RAMP FROM AN EAA EVENT THE PILOT DID NOT SEE THE VEHICLE UNTIL CONTACT WAS MADE. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE PROPELLOR AND NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.

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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