# NTSB DEN00LA154: Waco AGC-8, N66206, Ogden, UT, August 16, 2000 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report - Date: August 16, 2000, 14:24 local (20:24 UTC) - Place: Ogden, UT - Location: 41.1951° N, 112.0122° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at OGDEN-HINCKLEY (OGD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs) - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1951&lon=-112.0122&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 3 uninjured - Status: Completed, report March 2, 2001 - Report: Approved by Office Director - NTSB case key (mKey): 50023 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN00LA154 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/50023/pdf - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN00LA154 ## Probable cause The pilot's failure to maintain directional control of the aircraft during landing roll. Factors were a tail wind, inadequate weather evaluation by the pilot, and lack of experience in make and model. ## 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 - tailwind (contributing factor) - weather evaluation - inadequate, pilot in command (contributing factor) - lack of recent experience in type of aircraft, pilot in command (contributing factor) - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause) - Nose down, landing - roll ## Analysis During touchdown for landing at the completion of a cross-country flight, the aircraft bounced divergently and exited the left side of the runway into soft terrain. The left main landing gear collapsed and the aircraft came to rest on the left wings and nose. The pilot had 7 hours in make and model. The wind was a left quartering tailwind at 6 knots. Examination of the aircraft revealed no system or structural failure or malfunction. ## Factual narrative On August 16, 2000, at 1424 mountain daylight time, a Waco AGC-8, N66206, went off the left side of the runway, sheared the right main landing gear, damaged both right wings, and went nose down during landing roll at Ogden Hinckley Field, Ogden, Utah. The aircraft sustained substantial damage and the private pilot and his two passengers were not injured. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for this cross-country flight from Klamath Falls, Oregon, operating under Title 14 CFR Part 91, and no flight plan was filed. At the time of the accident, the wind was a left quartering tailwind at 6 knots. According to the pilot, a "slight" bounce occurred during initial touchdown and the aircraft drifted left of the runway centerline. The pilot said he applied full right rudder followed by full right brake. Neither corrected the left drift, and the aircraft departed the left side of the runway into soft terrain. According to witnesses, the aircraft bounced divergently several times during the touchdown phase of the landing and then veered off the left side of the runway and came to rest left wing down and nose down. Inspection of the aircraft by an FAA airworthiness inspector provided no evidence of mechanical failure or malfunction. Examination of the pilot's flight experience revealed the pilot had 7 hours in make and model, all of which was in the preceding 30 days. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N66206](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N66206), registered now, S/N 5073 (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: 5073 - Engines: Jacobs L6NB 330 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Registered owner: John T. Venaleck - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Departed: LMT, KLAMATH FALLS, OR - Destination: OGD - Airport: OGD, Ogden Hinkley, runway 21, 8,103 × 150 ft, asphalt ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 63; private; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, expired; seat: left; flight hours: 2,000 total, 7 in this make and model, 1,750 as pilot in command ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 0° at 6 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Lowest ceiling: none - Temperature: 88 °F, dew point 52 °F - Altimeter: 30.00 inHg - Observed at: OGD, 1 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 (OpenAirDocs). - [Accident 20000816012379A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000816012379A), Aug 16, 2000: Waco AGC8, Ogden, UT, No damage. (-23) Mr venaleck was involved in a landing accident at ogd airport on 8/16/00 at approx 1424 MDT. The wind from METAR at the time of accident was variable at… From the NTSB's public API. 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