- Date
- September 18, 1983, 11:45 local (15:45 UTC)
- Place
- Hamilton, OH
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2312Waco AGC-8
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830918049409A
- Case key
- 12348
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt reported that he encountered gusty x-winds on final apch. According to him, a quartering tail wind was encountered after touchdown which pushed the acft on its nose. The acft skidded on its nose until it contacted sod at the edge of the rwy, then nosed over. He reported only flying 2.75 hrs during the previous 90 days.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2312
- Reported as
- Waco AGC-8
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 5063
- Airframe hours
- 1,864
- Engine
- Jacobs 330, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- K. Clark Pester
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Airport
- HAO · Hamilton, runway 29, 5,440 × 80 ft, asphalt
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 55
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 153 total · 34 in this make and model · 79 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 210° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 9 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 20,000 ft broken
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 N2312 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.