- Date
- November 20, 1976
- Place
- Spokane, WA · SPOKANE, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N29926Waco UPF-7
- Status
- Completed · report March 9, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19761120036289A
- Case key
- 156607
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3910 76/11/20 NR.SPOKANE,WA WACO UPF-7 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 46, 375 TIME - 1400 N29926 PX- 0 0 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 0 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OX MEADOWS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SPOKANE,WA PASCO,WA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: MUSH TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - PREMATURE LIFT-OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN
Aircraft
- Registration
- N29926
- Reported as
- Waco UPF-7
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Ox Meadows
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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 N29926 · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB LAX92FA257Accident · 2 fatalField investigationFinal reportSedona, AZFuel exhaustion due to the pilots inadequate preflight planning and his failure to refuel the airplane prior to departure. Factors in the accident were: 1) the unreliable fuel sight gauges which were contaminated with a tar like residue which may have…NTSB ATL91LA152Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportManning, SCThe pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the takeoff roll, and his failure to abort the takeoff in a timely manner once the airplane had departed the runway surface. A factor in the accident was the pilot's failure to utilize the entire…