# NTSB LAX85LA110: Waco YKC, N14000, Placerville, CA, January 13, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: January 13, 1985, 11:50 local (19:50 UTC)
- Place: Placerville, CA
- Coordinates: 38.730587, -120.799774 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.7306&lon=-120.7998&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 24634
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX85LA110
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/24634/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX85LA110

## Sequence of events

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

- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - altitude - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - flare - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - recovery from bounced landing - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - remedial action - excessive, pilot in command (cause)
  - ground loop/swerve - uncontrolled, pilot in command
- On ground/water encounter with terrain/water, landing - roll
  - terrain condition - water,glassy
- Main gear collapsed, landing - roll
  - landing gear,main gear - overload

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N14000), registered now, S/N 3880, built 1934 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: WACO YKC
- Registry model: [Waco YKC](https://openairdocs.org/model/waco-ykc) (registry code 9600816) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Jacobs L4 /R755-7](https://openairdocs.org/engine/jacobs-l4-r755-7) (registry code 35003, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 3880
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 43; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19850113000799A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850113000799A), Jan 13, 1985: Waco YKC, Placerville, CA, Substantial damage. Stalled during flare, bounced, veered off side of runway, rolled into pond. Center of runway lower than both ends.

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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