# NTSB DEN86LA215: Waco UPF-7, N30196, Laramie, WY, August 3, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: August 3, 1986, 11:45 local (17:45 UTC)
- Place: Laramie, WY
- Coordinates: 41.310493, -105.580802 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3105&lon=-105.5808&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 17024
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN86LA215
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/17024/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN86LA215

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power, climb
  - miscellaneous - undetermined (cause)
  - fuselage,crew compartment - smoke
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- Main gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - rough/uneven (contributing factor)
  - terrain condition - ditch (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N30196-1989-09-25), registration cancelled 1989-09-25, S/N 5627 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: WACO UPF-7
- Registry model: [Waco UPF-7](https://openairdocs.org/model/waco-upf-7) (registry code 9601302) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 5627
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 52; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860803036899A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860803036899A), Aug 3, 1986: Waco UPF7, Laramie, WY, Destroyed. The pilot reported smoke in the cockpit, loss of engine power on takeoff. Aircraft struck a ditch during landing.

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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