- Date
- August 2, 1989, 19:30 local (23:30 UTC)
- Place
- Plymouth, NH
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N39752Waco UPF-7
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Status
- Completed · report June 2, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890802026699A
- Case key
- 36450
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Probable cause
Loss of directional control during an aborted takeoff. The ditch was a related 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
The pilot performed a preflight and a thorough inspection of the aircraft prior to takeoff. During takeoff, the aircraft accelerated normally, but the pilot stated that it felt sluggish after lift off, so he immediately cut the power and aborted the takeoff. After touchdown, the aircraft veered off the left side of the runway, struck a drainage ditch and nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N39752
- Reported as
- Waco UPF-7
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 5885
- Airframe hours
- 2,085
- Engine
- Continental W-670-64, 220 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- Pegasus Air,Inc.
- Registered owner
- Pegasus Air, Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 1, 1989 · 70 hours before
- Airport
- NH12 · Plymouth, runway 30, 2,340 × 120 ft, grass/turf
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
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 1,667 total · 45 in this make and model · 1,550 as pilot in command · 250 in the last 90 days · 85 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dusk
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point -0 °F
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.