# NTSB UNK64X1197: Waco U1C, N13072, Watson Lake, Canada, April 6, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: April 6, 1964
- Place: Watson Lake, Canada · WATSON LAKE, Canada
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 3, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 184125
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X1197
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X1197

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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6-0026   64/4/6    WATSON LAKE CANA    WACO U1C            CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 46, 848
        TIME - 0913                    N13072              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - WATSON LAKE
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE                                 TAKEOFF: RUN
           COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK                                  TAKEOFF: RUN
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N13072](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N13072), registered now, S/N 3724, built 1933 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: WACO U1C
- Registry model: [Waco UIC](https://openairdocs.org/model/waco-uic) (registry code 9600510) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental W670 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-w670-series) (registry code 17018, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Watson Lake

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.

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