- Date
- February 14, 1988, 15:38 local (20:38 UTC)
- Place
- St Petersburg, FL
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N29368Waco UPF-7
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 28, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880214002409A
- Case key
- 32136
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt stated that while on apch to land, the engine lost power. During an attempt to land on runway 36 the acft stalled & nosed in from an approximate 50 foot altitude. No determination could be made as to the nature of the malfunction of the engine as described by the pilot. However, conditions existed for carb ice and the pilot was not utilizing carb heat.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N29368
- Reported as
- Waco UPF-7
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 5395
- Airframe hours
- 4,682
- Engine
- Continental W-670-6A, 220 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- T.J. Hurley
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · November 22, 1987 · 28 hours before
- Departed
- SPG
- Airport
- SPG · Albert-Whitted, runway 36, 2,800 × 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
- 49
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 1,310 total · 175 in this make and model · 1,267 as pilot in command · 16 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PIE, 10 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.