- Date
- July 22, 1979
- Place
- Pasco, WA · PASCO, WA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N16512Waco YKS-6
- Status
- Completed · report August 30, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790722018499A
- Case key
- 135122
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1643 79/7/22 PASCO,WA WACO YKS-6 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 56, 322 TIME - 1021 N16512 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TRI CITIES DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAST ENROUTE STOP VANCOUVER,WA HELENA,MT PASCO,WA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N16512
- Reported as
- Waco YKS-6
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Tri Cities
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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.