# NTSB LAX83FUG02: Waco SRE, N1252W, Redlands, CA, October 12, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: October 11, 1982, 18:00 local (Oct 12, 1982, 01:00 UTC)
- Place: Redlands, CA
- Coordinates: 34.000812, -117.119804 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0008&lon=-117.1198&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 11, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 72360
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX83FUG02
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/72360/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX83FUG02

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing - flare/touchdown
  - light condition - sunglare (contributing factor)
  - proper alignment - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - airport facilities,runway/landing area condition (contributing factor)
- Main gear collapsed, landing - flare/touchdown
  - landing gear,main gear - overload

## Analysis

DURING LANDING INTO A SUN LOW ON THE HORIZON THE ACFT DRIFTED LEFT & TOUCHED DOWN SLIGHTLY OFF THE RWY. THE LEFT GEAR CAUGHT A CONSTRUCTION HOLE & SHEARED OFF. THE ACFT WENT OUT OF CONTROL & STRUCK A ROCK PILE SHEARING THE RIGHT GEAR OFF.THE RWY RECENTLY HAD A NEW RWY LIGHTING SYSTEM INSTALLED & THERE WERE MULTIPLE HAZARDS SUCH AS HOLES & ROCK PILES ADJACENT TO THE RWY.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N1252W](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1252W), registered now, S/N 5153, built 1941 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: WACO SRE
- Registry model: [Waco SRE](https://openairdocs.org/model/waco-sre) (registry code 9600910) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Pratt & Whitney R-985 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (registry code 52008, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 5133
- Airframe hours: 1800
- Engines: P & W R-985 450 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: William G. Nutting
- Registered owner: William G. Nutting
- Departed: L-12, REDLANDS, CA
- Destination: L-12, REDLANDS, CA
- Airport: L-12, Redlands Municipal, runway 26, 4,500 × 75 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 56; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine sea, multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; flight hours: 2,700 total, 775 in this make and model, 775 as pilot in command, 3 in the last 90 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Dusk
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 25 statute miles
- Temperature: 176 °F

## 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 19821011055689A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821011055689A), Oct 11, 1982: Waco SRE, Redlands, CA, Substantial damage. Pilot allowed aircrafts left wheel to drop into construction hole off side of runway causing loss of control.

## Other investigations on N1252W (1)

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.

- [NTSB LAX03LA064](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX03LA064), Jan 10, 2003: Waco SRE (N1252W), Prescott, AZ, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during landing resulting in a collision with a runway sign. Factors in the accident were the tailwind and the malfunctioning brake system.

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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