# NTSB ERA25LA319: Waco UBF, N1244G, Tampa, FL, July 31, 2025 - Type: NTSB accident investigation - Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 4 · Limited · Final report - Date: July 31, 2025, 14:00 local (18:00 UTC) - Place: Tampa, FL - Coordinates: 27.915444, -82.449389 - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.9154&lon=-82.4494&mi=10 - Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping) - Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) - Highest injury: No injuries - Injuries: 2 uninjured - Status: Completed, report November 20, 2025 - Report: Approved by Office Director - Investigation class: Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish - NTSB office: Eastern Region Aviation - Parties: FAA/FSDO - NTSB case key (mKey): 200877 - NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=ERA25LA319 - NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/200877/pdf - NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=200877 - Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA25LA319 ## Probable cause The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during landing roll, which resulted in a runway excursion and collision with an object. ## Findings NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause. - [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Waco UBF, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=9600404), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md) - [Performance/control parameters: directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Waco UBF, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md?model=9600404), [All aircraft, 3,958 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md) ## Sequence of events The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened. - [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) (defining event); cases with it: [Waco UBF, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=9600404), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Runway excursion](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300); cases with it: [Waco UBF, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md?model=9600404), [All aircraft, 3,643 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/300/sequence.md) - [Landing-landing roll: Collision with terr/obj (non-CFIT) ](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470); cases with it: [Waco UBF, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md?model=9600404), [All aircraft, 10,189 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/470/sequence.md) ## Analysis The pilot of the vintage, bi-wing, tailwheel airplane reported that he was performing a wheel landing. The airplane touched down on the main wheels and had slowed enough for the tailwheel to touch down. During the landing rollout, after slowing to about 5 knots, a gust of wind struck the airplane and it veered right off of the runway and into the grass. The lower left wing struck the housing of a precision approach path indicator light, substantially damaging it, and the airplane came to rest upright. The pilot stated that there were no preimpact mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. ## Aircraft - Registration: [N1244G](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1244G), registered now, S/N 3607, built 1932 (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: WACO UBF - Registry model: [Waco UBF](https://openairdocs.org/model/waco-ubf) (registry code 9600404) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: [Continental W670-6N](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-w670-6n) (registry code 17318, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs) - Category: Airplane - Serial number: 3607 - Year built: 1932 - Airframe hours: 2187 - Engines: CONT MOTOR W-670-N 220 horsepower reciprocating - Damage: Substantial damage - Flight: Personal, Part 91 - Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal - Last inspection: Annual, June 1, 2025, 3 hours before - Departed: VNC, Venice, FL - Destination: Same as departure - Airport: TPF, Peter O Knight, runway 22, 3,583 × 100 ft, asphalt - Equipment: ADS-B ## Flight crew As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names. - Pilot; age 64; injuries: none; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, single-engine sea; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, with waivers/limitations; last flight review January 30, 2025; seat: rear; restraint: lap only; flight hours: 6,066 total, 187 in this make and model, 5,979 as pilot in command, 58 in the last 90 days, 36 in the last 30 days, 2 in the last 24 hours ## Weather - Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day - Wind: 180° at 13 knots - Visibility: 10 statute miles - Temperature: 88 °F, dew point 73 °F - Altimeter: 30.10 inHg - Observed at: TPA, 6 nm away - METAR: SPECI KTPA 311801Z 18013KT 10SM TS SCT035CB 31/23 A3010 RMK AO2 TSB1755 OCNL LTGIC SE AND DSNT NE TS SE MOV SE CB DSNT NE T03060233= ## 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 20250731011839A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250731011839A), Jul 31, 2025: Waco UBF, Tampa, FL, Substantial damage. Pilot did a wheell landing and held the tail wheel off the ground until aircraft slowed. Aircraft continued down the runway and a gust of wind from the… ## Docket (2 files) The files NTSB released with the investigation on November 20, 2025, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=200877. 3.4 MB in all. - Pilot/operator aircraft accident report, NTSB form 6120.1 (item 1, PDF, 10 pages, 3.2 MB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=19265990&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=6120_Redacted-Rel.pdf - Investigation photographs (item 2, PDF, 3 pages, 2 photos, 281 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=19266078&FileExtension=pdf&FileName=Investigation%20Photographs-Rel.pdf 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. 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