# Incident 20241106019179I: Waco UPF-7, Bethany, OK, November 6, 2024

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 6, 2024, 18:30 local time
- Place: Bethany, OK
- Airport: Wiley Post
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.5340° N, 97.6469° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WILEY POST (PWA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.5340&lon=-97.6469&mi=10
- Aircraft: N32071, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N32071) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Waco UPF-7 (registry code 9601302, https://openairdocs.org/model/waco-upf-7) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental W670 series (registry code 17018, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-w670-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: WACO UPF-7
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 9,730 total, 6,000 in this make and model, 66 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20241106019179I

## Narrative

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

ON 11/06/2024 THE AIRCRAFT EXPERANCED A GROUND LOOP ON LANDING.  THE AIRCRAFT TRAVELED IN EXCESS OF 360 DEGREE AND EXITED THE RUNWAY TO THE LEFT THEN HIT A TAXIWAY SIGN.  THE PILOT STATED THE CROSS WIND CAUSED HIM TO LOOP. AT THE TIME OF THE INCEDENT THE WINDS WERE REPORTED AT GUSTINGING TO 19 KNOTS. THE AIRCRAFT SUFFERED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE WING TIP AND AILERON, THE AIRCRAFT WAS RESTARTED AND TAXIED TO THE HANGER.

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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