# NTSB ATL84LA161: Waco RNF, N11256, Thomaston, GA, May 5, 1984

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 5, 1984, 17:15 local (21:15 UTC)
- Place: Thomaston, GA
- Coordinates: 32.890434, -84.319053 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8904&lon=-84.3191&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 6450
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ATL84LA161
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/6450/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL84LA161

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Nose over, landing - roll
  - proper alignment - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

DURING THE LANDING ROLL THE ACFT DRIFTED TO THE SIDE OF THE SOD STRIP WHERE A WHEEL ENCOUNTERED A SURFACE DEVIATION. THE ACFT TURNED & NOSED OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N11256](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N11256), registered now, S/N 3460, built 1931 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: WACO RNF
- Registry model: [Waco RNF](https://openairdocs.org/model/waco-rnf) (registry code 9600422) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Warner SS40&50](https://openairdocs.org/engine/warner-ss40-50) (registry code 64503, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 3460
- Airframe hours: 1340
- Engines: WARNER 145 145 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Barbara Kitchens
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Departed: PVT, GRIFFIN, GA
- Airport: 2A2, Reginald Grant Memorial, runway 27, 2,000 × 300 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 43; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: rear; flight hours: 12,000 total, 30 in this make and model, 12,000 as pilot in command, 83 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 200° at 6 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 84 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: MCN, 37 nm away

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19840505018389A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840505018389A), May 5, 1984: Waco RNF, Thomaston, GA, Substantial damage. Aircaft nosed over during landing roll.

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.

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