# NTSB CHI83LA431: Waco AGC-8, N2312, Hamilton, OH, September 18, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: September 18, 1983, 11:45 local (15:45 UTC)
- Place: Hamilton, OH
- Location: 39.3638° N, 84.5219° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BUTLER COUNTY RGNL/HOGAN FLD (HAO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.3638&lon=-84.5219&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 12348
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI83LA431
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/12348/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83LA431

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - weather condition - unfavorable wind (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - aircraft handling - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of recent experience, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- Nose over, landing - roll

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2312), registered now, S/N 5063, built 1938 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: WACO AGC-8
- Registry model: [Waco AGC-8](https://openairdocs.org/model/waco-agc-8) (registry code 9600602) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Jacobs L6](https://openairdocs.org/engine/jacobs-l6) (registry code 35005, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 5063
- Airframe hours: 1864
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 55; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830918049409A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830918049409A), Sep 18, 1983: Waco AGC8, Hamilton, OH, Substantial damage. Pilot lost control of aircraft during crosswind landing and aircraft nosed over.

## Other investigations on N2312 (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 UNK64X0465](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X0465), Feb 5, 1964: Waco AGC8 (N2312), Marquetta, MI, substantial damage

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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