- Date
- November 26, 1989, 17:10 local (22:10 UTC)
- Place
- Key West, FL
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N32133Waco UPF-7
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 26, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19891126065139I
- Case key
- 32573
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Probable cause
The failure of the pilot to adequately watch for parked aircraft after becoming distracted.
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 pilot stated that the accident occurred while taxiing on the ramp following an aerobatic flight. He stated that one of the passengers had become ill and this along with other people on the ramp resulted in him becoming distracted. The propeller of his airplane contacted the wing of another parked airplane.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N32133
- Reported as
- Waco UPF-7
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 5765
- Engine
- Continental W-670, 220 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Registered owner
- Uknown
- Airport
- EYW · Key West Int'L
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
- 25
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,096 total · 51 in this make and model · 932 as pilot in command · 52 in the last 90 days · 50 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- 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.