- Date
- March 21, 1989, 14:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Marathon, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N39752Waco UPF-7
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 24, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890321033189A
- Case key
- 32412
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Probable cause
The pilot failed to maintain directional control of the aircraft and inadvertently allowed it to ground loop. Crosswind was a contributing factor.
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 landing on rwy 7, the plt lost directional control of the acft. Subsequently, it ground looped to the right & the left main gear collapsed. About 40 mi wsw at key west, FL, the wind was from 140 deg at 13 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N39752
- Reported as
- Waco UPF-7
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 5885
- Engine
- Continental W-670-K, 225 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Conch Classic Air Tours
- Registered owner
- Pegasus Air, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Airport
- MTH · Marathon, runway 7, 5,000 × 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
- 34
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 2,500 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 13 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 68 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- EYW, 40 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.
Other investigations on N39752 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.