Accident WACO UPF-7 N29368,
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Date:Sunday 14 February 1988
Time:17:38 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic WACF model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
WACO UPF-7
Owner/operator:T.j. Hurley
Registration: N29368
MSN: 5395
Year of manufacture:1940
Total airframe hrs:4682 hours
Engine model:CONTINENTAL W-670-6A
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Category:Accident
Location:St Petersburg, FL -   United States of America
Phase: Approach
Nature:Executive
Departure airport:(KSPG)
Destination airport:
Investigating agency: NTSB
Confidence Rating: Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Narrative:
THE PLT STATED THAT WHILE ON APCH TO LAND, THE ENGINE LOST POWER. DURING AN ATTEMPT TO LAND ON RUNWAY 36 THE ACFT STALLED & NOSED IN FROM AN APPROXIMATE 50 FOOT ALTITUDE. NO DETERMINATION COULD BE MADE AS TO THE NATURE OF THE MALFUNCTION OF THE ENGINE AS DESCRIBED BY THE PILOT. HOWEVER, CONDITIONS EXISTED FOR CARB ICE AND THE PILOT WAS NOT UTILIZING CARB HEAT.

Probable Cause:

Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: NTSB
Report number: MIA88LA106
Status: Investigation completed
Duration: 1 year
Download report: Final report

Sources:

NTSB MIA88LA106

Location

Revision history:

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