- Date
- July 6, 1988, 09:42 local (13:42 UTC)
- Place
- Key West, FL
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N32133Waco UPF-7
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 21, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880706025709A
- Case key
- 32206
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
While on a sightseeing flt, during the landing roll with a direct crosswind from the rt at 9 KTS, the plt reported that the acft turned into the wind. He was unable to correct this with left rudder & braking before the acft travelled into a ditch. He further stated that the brake failed. Examination & operation of the brake after it had been partially disassembled by the operator revealed no evidence of failure or malfunction. According to the FAA inspector who examined the acft, believed air in the system caused the failure.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N32133
- Reported as
- Waco UPF-7
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 5765
- Airframe hours
- 3,113
- Engine
- Continental W-670N, 220 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- Island Aeroplane Tours
- Registered owner
- M & F Flying, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 29, 1988 · 32 hours before
- Airport
- EYN · Key West International, runway 27, 4,800 × 100 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
- 31
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine sea, Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 2,400 total · 500 in this make and model · 1,600 as pilot in command · 150 in the last 90 days · 60 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- EYW
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N32133 · 5
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.