- Date
- August 5, 1991, 10:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place
- Manning, SC
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N29926Waco UPF-7
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910805031219A
- Case key
- 8451
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the takeoff roll, and his failure to abort the takeoff in a timely manner once the airplane had departed the runway surface. A factor in the accident was the pilot's failure to utilize the entire available runway for takeoff.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot was performing an intersection takeoff for a local flight. He reported that the airplane was not accelerating normally although the engine sounded normal. At about 700 feet into the takeoff roll, the pilot inadvertently allowed the airplane to depart the runway to the left into the grass. Unable to continue the takeoff, the pilot ground looped the airplane. The FAA inspector reported that the pilot attempted to continue the takeoff after the airplane had departed the runway surface. The grass along the runway was about 12 inches high and the ground was wet. Runup inspection of the engine failed to indicate any mechanical problems or loss of engine power.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N29926
- Reported as
- Waco UPF-7
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 5423
- Airframe hours
- 3,300
- Engine
- Continental W670, 220 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Dominici, Raymond H.
- Registered owner
- Dominici, Raymond H.
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 1, 1991 · 50 hours before
- Airport
- MNI · Clarendon County, runway 1, 3,600 × 75 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 52
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 758 total · 171 in this make and model · 640 as pilot in command · 48 in the last 90 days · 35 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SSC, 22 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.
Other investigations on N29926 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.