# Accident 20260724010089A: Waco ASO, Hamilton, OH, July 24, 2026

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 24, 2026, 13:53 local time
- Place: Hamilton, OH
- Airport: Butler County Regional/Hogan Fld
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.3639° N, 84.5231° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3639&lon=-84.5231&mi=10
- Aircraft: N119Y, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N119Y) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Waco ASO (registry code 9601202, https://openairdocs.org/model/waco-aso) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Jacobs L-4MB (registry code 35030, https://openairdocs.org/engine/jacobs-l-4mb) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: WACO ASO
- Reported engine: JACOBS L-4MB
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 23,000 total, 9 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA26LA280](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26LA280) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20260724010089A

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 24, 2026, A WACO ASO, REGISTRATION ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, DEPARTED KHAO (BUTLER COUNTY REGIONAL AIRPORT) FOR A LOCAL FLIGHT WITH ONE PILOT AND THREE PASSENGERS ON BOARD. VFR WEATHER CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME, WITH WINDS REPORTED AS VARIABLE AT 3 KNOTS AND 10 MILES VISIBILITY.

AT APPROXIMATELY 11:40 EASTERN TIME, THE AIRCRAFT CONDUCTED A LANDING ON RUNWAY 30 WITH A PILOT-REPORTED TOUCHDOWN SPEED OF 40 MPH. AT TOUCHDOWN, THE AIRPLANE VEERED TO THE RIGHT, DESPITE THE PILOT APPLYING "CORRECTIVE CONTROL INPUTS." THE LEFT LOWER WING TIP STRUCK THE RUNWAY SURFACE AND DRUG FOR APPROXIMATELY 30 FEET. POST-ACCIDENT EXAMINATION REVEALED ABRASION WEAR TO THE LOWER OUTBOARD WING CONSISTENT WITH A WING TIP STRIKE AND APRROXIMATLEY 30 FEET OF RUBBER TRANSFER MARKS CONSISTENT WITH SIDE LOADING OF THE LEFT MAIN GEAR TIRE. SHORTLY AFTER, THE LEFT MAIN WHEEL COMPLETELY DETACHED FROM THE AIRFRAME. POST ACCIDENT EXAMINATION REVEALED DAMAGE TO THE LEFT LOWER INBOARD SECTION OF THE LOWER WING, PIERCING OF THE FABRIC AND A FRACTURE OF AT LEAST ONE STRUCTURAL RIB. THIS WAS FOLLOWED SHORTLY AFTER BY THE COMPLETE DETACHMENT OF THE RIGHT MAIN WHEEL. FURTHER POST-ACCIDENT EXAMINATION REVEALED TIRE RUBBER TRANSFER MARKS ON THE RIGHT LOWER INBOARD WING AS WELL AS ON THE UPPER PORTION OF THE RIGHT MAIN LANDING GEAR OLEO STRUT.

THE AIRCRAFT SLID ON THE MLG V-STRUTS AND CAME TO A REST ON THE RIGHT EDGE OF RUNWAY 30, ORIENTED ON A HEADING OF APPROXIMATELY 032 DEGREES, WITH THE NOSE OF THE AIRPLANE EXTENDING OVER THE RUNWAY EDGE WITH THE MLG V-STRUTS RESTING IN THE GRASS JUST OFF THE RUNWAY EDGE. POST-ACCIDENT EXAMINATION OF THE PROPELLER REVEALED ONE BLADE EXHIBITED TIP CURLING CONSISTENT WITH SOFT TERRAIN CONTACT, WITH GRASS AND SOIL EMBEDDED BETWEEN THE WOODEN TIP AND THE BRASS PROTECTIVE SHEATH. THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF A POST-CRASH FIRE.

THERE WERE NO INJURIES REPORTED AMONG THE FOUR OCCUPANTS AND THE AIRCRAFT'S ELT DID NOT ACTIVATE DURING THE SEQUENCE.

## 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 ERA26LA280](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA26LA280), Jul 24, 2026: Waco ASO (N119Y), Hamilton, OH, substantial damage. Probable cause: The separation of the right main landing gear axle, which resulted in a loss of control during the landing roll.

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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