# NTSB UNK64X4208: Waco YPF7, N17470, Yerrington, NV, September 29, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Closed
- Date: September 29, 1964
- Place: Yerrington, NV · YERRINGTON, NV
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report November 16, 1964
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 181342
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X4208
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X4208

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-3072  64/9/29    YERRINGTON NEV      WACO YPF7           CR-  0  0  1  MISCELLANEOUS             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1445                    N17470              PX-  0  0  1  FERRY                     AGE 59, 1800 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            5 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - YERINGTON
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE                                 LANDING: ROLL
           NOSE OVER/DOWN                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
          LDG GR-LEFT BRAKE FAILED FOR UNDETERMINED REASON.
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N17470](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N17470), registered now, S/N 4383 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: WACO YPF7
- Registry model: [Waco ZPF-6](https://openairdocs.org/model/waco-zpf-6) (registry code 9601608) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Jacobs L4 /R755-7](https://openairdocs.org/engine/jacobs-l4-r755-7) (registry code 35003, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Yerington

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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