# NTSB MIA92LA104: Waco U1-C, N13562, St. Petersburg, FL, April 4, 1992

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 4, 1992, 14:17 local (19:17 UTC)
- Place: St. Petersburg, FL
- Location: 27.7651° N, 82.6269° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ALBERT WHITTED (SPG), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.7651&lon=-82.6269&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 3 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 13, 1993
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 33081
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA92LA104
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/33081/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA92LA104

## Probable cause

PILOT-IN-COMMAND'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE ON LANDING. CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WERE THE GUSTY CROSSWINDS.

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
  - weather condition - gusts (contributing factor)
  - compensation for wind conditions - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - directional control - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Analysis

THE PILOT STATED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND HE LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE IN GUSTY AND SHIFTING WINDS AND THE AIRPLANE THEN NOSED OVER.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N13562](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N13562), registered now, S/N 3816, built 1933 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: WACO U1-C
- Registry model: [Waco UIC](https://openairdocs.org/model/waco-uic) (registry code 9600510) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental R670-SERIES series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-r670-series-series) (registry code 17016, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 3816
- Airframe hours: 2185
- Engines: CONTINENTAL W670-6A 220 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Part 91
- Operator: Hurley, Thomas J
- Registered owner: Hurley, Thomas J
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: 100 hour, April 2, 1992, 3 hours before
- Airport: SPG, Albert Whitted, runway 18, 2,700 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 53; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: front; flight hours: 1,750 total, 450 in this make and model, 1,700 as pilot in command, 100 in the last 90 days, 30 in the last 30 days

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 250° at 10 knots, gusting 25
- Visibility: 14 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: SPG, 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19920404008699A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920404008699A), Apr 4, 1992: Waco U1C, St Petersburg, FL, Substantial damage. Nosed over on landing. Blamed windshift to tailwind on landing roll and tower failed to advise or change runway.

## Other investigations on N13562 (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ERA14CA166](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA14CA166), Mar 23, 2014: Waco UIC (N13562), Saint Petersburg, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate compensation for the wind conditions during landing.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.