# NTSB MIA88LA106: Waco UPF-7, N29368, St Petersburg, FL, February 14, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: February 14, 1988, 15:38 local (20:38 UTC)
- Place: St Petersburg, FL
- Coordinates: 27.770645, -82.630043 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.7706&lon=-82.6300&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report February 28, 1989
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 32136
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA88LA106
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/32136/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA88LA106

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power, approach
  - weather condition - carburetor icing conditions (contributing factor)
  - carburetor heat - not used, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather evaluation - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, landing
  - airspeed(vs) - not maintained, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - stall - inadvertent, pilot in command (contributing factor)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N29368), registered now, S/N 5395, built 1940 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: WACO UPF-7
- Registry model: [Waco UPF-7](https://openairdocs.org/model/waco-upf-7) (registry code 9601302) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental R670-SERIES series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-r670-series-series) (registry code 17016, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 5395
- Airframe hours: 4682
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 49; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19880214002409A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880214002409A), Feb 14, 1988: Waco UPF7, St Petersburg, FL, Substantial damage. Rough engine. Tried to land rwy 36 overshot tried for rwy 24. Engine quit. Wing stalled. Acft hit and cartwheeled.

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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