- Date
- September 10, 1989, 14:20 local (18:20 UTC)
- Place
- Key West, FL
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA reports
- 19890910034161A19890910034162A
- Case key
- 32500
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
Inadequate visual lookout by the waco pilot, which resulted in his misjudgement of clearance between his aircraft and the Cessna 172 and a subsequent collision.
Inadequate visual lookout by the waco pilot, which resulted in his misjudgement of clearance between his aircraft and the Cessna 172 and a subsequent collision.
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
The plt of a waco UPF-7, N32133, rprtd he was taxiing with s-turns behind a Cessna 172, N6552F, on a diagonal twy. As the Cessna plt apchd the intersection with the parallel twy to the active rwy (RWY9), he elected to stop & give way to a commercial airliner. The waco plt contd taxiing & did not notice that the Cessna had stopped until his acft was about 20 to 30 ft from the Cessna. The waco plt applied brakes, but was unable to stop before the prop of his acft hit the empennage of the Cessna.
The plt of a waco UPF-7, N32133, rprtd he was taxiing with s-turns behind a Cessna 172, N6552F, on a diagonal twy. As the Cessna plt apchd the intersection with the parallel twy to the active rwy (rwy 9), he elected to stop & give way to a commercial airliner. The waco plt contd taxiing & did not notice that the Cessna had stopped until his acft was about 20 to 30 ft from the Cessna. The waco plt applied brakes, but was unable to stop before the prop of his acft hit the empennage of the Cessna 172.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N32133
- Reported as
- Waco UPF-7
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 5765
- Engine
- Continental W-670, 220 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- M & F Flying Incorporated
- Departed
- EYW
- Airport
- EYW · Key West Intl, runway 9, 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.
- Registration
- N6552F
- Reported as
- Cessna 172N
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 17273239
- Engine
- Continental O-320-H2AD, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Genesee Airways, Inc.
- Destination
- LNA · West Palm Beach, FL
- Flight plan
- VFR
- Airport
- EYW · Key West Intl, runway 9, 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 · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft N32133
- Age
- 36
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 5,000 total · 2,500 in this make and model · 100 in the last 90 days · 40 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft N6552F
- Age
- 35
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 120 total · 40 in this make and model · 25 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 110° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- EYW
FAA reports on this event · 2
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.