- Date
- August 27, 1989, 16:30 local (22:30 UTC)
- Place
- Watkins, CO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2369QWaco UPF7
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 29, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890827032159A
- Case key
- 17771
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Probable cause
Failure of the left brake assembly, and subsequent loss of directional control by the pilot.
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 was taking part in an airshow with a person standing on the left wing. The plt said that when brakes were applied during landing roll, the right brake operated properly, but the left brake failed. The plane then turned right and departed the runway, resulting in a ground loop. The left wing struck the ground and both left wings were bent. The person, who was standing on the left lower wing, was thrown clear. A post-acdnt exam revealed that 3 of the 4 brake pads were missing from the left brake.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2369Q
- Reported as
- Waco UPF7
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 5387
- Airframe hours
- 2,338
- Engine
- P&W R-1340, 600 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Registered owner
- Jimmy M. Franklin
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 1, 1989 · 195 hours before
- Departed
- FTG
- Destination
- FTG
- Airport
- FTG · Front Range, runway 8, 8,000 × 100 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
- 31
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 7,650 total · 28 in this make and model · 7,424 as pilot in command · 136 in the last 90 days · 59 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 100 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N2369Q · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.