- Date
- August 3, 1986, 11:45 local (17:45 UTC)
- Place
- Laramie, WY
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N30196Waco UPF-7
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860803036899A
- Case key
- 17024
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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.
Analysis
The plt stated that a flt from California to Laramie was uneventful. The acft was then refueled and he departed to the east. Shortly after takeoff, the engine began to lose power and the cockpit filled with smoke. The plt executed an emergency landing next to interstate 80. During the rollout, the right main gear separated. The acft then slid into a ditch, came to rest and burned. A post crash fire destroyed the acft. The reason for the loss of pwr, smoke in the cockpit and the origin of fire could not be determined.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N30196
- Reported as
- Waco UPF-7
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 5627
- Engine
- Continental W-670-6, 220 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Ferry · Part 91
- Operator
- Donald Leveille
- Registered owner
- Jon W. Aldrich
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- LAR
- Destination
- MVL · Stowe, VT
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
- 52
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 5,955 total · 32 in this make and model · 4,975 as pilot in command · 232 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- LAR, 13 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.