- Date
- January 13, 1985, 11:50 local (19:50 UTC)
- Place
- Placerville, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N14000Waco YKC
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850113000799A
- Case key
- 24634
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Analysis
Acft was lined up on rwy but plt misjudged height and acft stalled aprx 3 ft above the ground. Acft bounced and upon contacting the ground veered right. Plt over compensated and acft ground looped traveling off left side of rwy into a road. The pond is aprx 60 ft south of the airstrip mid-field. Left main gear was sheared off.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N14000
- Reported as
- Waco YKC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 3880
- Engine
- Jacobs R755, 245 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Byron Charles Hight
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 12, 1984 · 272 hours before
- Departed
- RHV · San Jose, CA
- Destination
- 61Q · Placerville, CA
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- 61Q · Swansboro County, runway 27, 3,235 × 50 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
- 43
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 272 total · 202 in this make and model · 272 as pilot in command · 22 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.