- Date
- March 23, 2014, 13:09 local (17:09 UTC)
- Place
- Saint Petersburg, FL
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N13562Waco UIC
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Dragged wing/rotor/float/other
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 5, 2014
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office
- Eastern Region Aviation
- Parties
- FAA/FSDO
- FAA report
- 20140323004419A
- Case key
- 88960
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate compensation for the wind conditions during landing.
Findings · 4
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
According to the pilot, he landed on runway 18 and after the tail settled on the runway, a gust of wind picked up the right wing and the lower left wing "touched" the runway. The pilot taxied the airplane to the ramp and an examination of the airplane revealed substantial damage to the lower left wing fore and aft spar. The reported wind at the airport about the time of the accident was from 240 degrees at 8 knots, gusting to 15 knots. The pilot reported no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Factual narrative
According to the pilot, he landed on runway 18 and after the tail settled on the runway, a gust of wind picked up the right wing and the lower left wing "touched" the runway. The pilot taxied the airplane to the ramp and an examination of the airplane revealed substantial damage to the lower left wing fore and aft spar. The reported wind at the airport about the time of the accident was from 240 degrees at 8 knots, gusting to 15 knots. The pilot reported no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N13562
- Reported as
- Waco UIC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 3816
- Built
- 1933
- Airframe hours
- 4,170
- Engine
- Cont Motor R670-SERIES, 225 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Other work use · Part 91
- Operator
- Advertising Air Force Inc
- Registered owner
- Advertising Air Force Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 6, 2013 · 61 hours before
- Departed
- SPG · Saint Petersburg, FL
- Destination
- SPG · Saint Petersburg, FL
- Airport
- SPG · Albert Whitted Municiple, runway 18, 2,864 × 150 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
- 75
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- September 21, 2012
- Seat
- Left
- Restraint
- Lap only
- Flight hours
- 3,700 total · 2,300 in this make and model · 3,500 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 8 knots, gusting 7
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,900 ft broken
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.03 inHg
- Observed at
- SPG
Docket · 3
The files NTSB released with the investigation on May 28, 2014, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 464 KB in all.
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 N13562 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.