- Date
- June 30, 1984, 10:15 local (14:15 UTC)
- Place
- Hamilton, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N39717Waco UPF-7
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840630028279A
- Case key
- 12680
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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.
On ground/water collision with object
Proper touchdown point - exceededFactor
Airspeed - excessiveFactor
Go-around - initiated
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Object - aircraft parked/standingFactor
Analysis
The plt stated he landed long and fast and during an attempted go-around collided with a parked acft near the end of the grass strip.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N39717
- Reported as
- Waco UPF-7
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 5850
- Airframe hours
- 2,629
- Engine
- Continental R-670-6A, 220 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Paul L. Harper
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 1, 1983
- Departed
- I73
- Destination
- HAO · Hamilton, OH
- Airport
- HAO · Hamilton, runway 18, 1,800 × 50 ft, grass/turf
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
- 61
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 622 total · 36 in this make and model · 615 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 10° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LUK, 20 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.