- Date
- July 24, 1988, 10:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place
- Madison, IN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N810TWWilliams Waco
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 16, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880724027939A
- Case key
- 13918
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt made svrl hi speed taxi checks, then took off on his 1st flt in this make & model of acft. He climbed to alt to check the stall characteristics, then returned to the arpt. However, as he was landing, the acft contacted the ground near the end of the rwy & subsequently nosed over. No preimpact mechanical problems were reported.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N810TW
- Reported as
- Williams Waco
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 810TW
- Airframe hours
- 30
- Engine
- Warner SUPER SCARAB, 175 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Bud A. Williams
- Registered owner
- Bud Williams
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Continuous airworthiness · July 24, 1988 · 1 hours before
- Departed
- IMS
- Airport
- IMS · Madison Muni, runway 21, 3,200 × 60 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
- 34
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 336 total · 330 as pilot in command · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- VHP, 45 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.