- Date
- May 15, 1991, 19:48 local (23:48 UTC)
- Place
- Key West, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N32133Waco UPF-7
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910515016289A
- Case key
- 32872
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Probable cause
A momentary loss of engine power due to undetermined reasons.
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
After dropping off a banner the plt advanced the throttle to climb but stated that the eng did not immediately respond to the throttle input. While descending the eng responded but not before the rt main landing gear collided with a ditch causing the gear to collapse. The rt wing tip then contacted the ground & the acft came to rest heading 180 degrees from the initial flt path. No determination could be made as to the failure of the eng to immediately respond to the throttle input.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N32133
- Reported as
- Waco UPF-7
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 5765
- Airframe hours
- 5,590
- Engine
- Continental W670-6N, 220 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- M & F Flying, Inc.
- Registered owner
- M & F Flying, Inc.
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 25, 1990 · 47 hours before
- 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
- 43
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 4,570 total · 290 in this make and model · 3,620 as pilot in command · 176 in the last 90 days · 70 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- EYW, 1 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 N32133 · 5
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.