Waco UPF 7 N134Q
3 July 2017 · Brunswick, Georgia, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 3 July 2017 at about 20:30 local time, a Waco UPF 7 registered N134Q was involved in an accident near Brunswick, Georgia, United States. 3 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.
The record
- Date
- at 20:30
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Brunswick, Georgia, United States
- Nearest airport
- McKinnon St Simons Island (SSI)
- Coordinates
- 31.1519, -81.3911
- Aircraft
- Waco UPF 7
- Registration
- N134Q
- Category
- Airplane
- Year built
- 1940
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Brunswick → Brunswick
- Aircraft damage
- Substantial
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- ERA17LA253
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Probable cause
The failure of the right main landing gear strut brace for reasons that could not be determined based on the available evidence.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.
Read the full NTSB narrative
The commercial pilot reported that, while taxiing for takeoff, the right main landing gear (MLG) strut brace broke at the fuselage attachment point, which resulted in the right MLG collapsing and the outboard portion of the lower right wing sustaining substantial damage. The pilot moved the airplane from the taxiway, repaired the strut brace by welding it back onto the fuselage where it had broken, and then towed the airplane to his hangar. The pilot's welding of the strut brace back onto the fuselage at the point where it had broken precluded an examination of the fracture surfaces. The reason for the strut's failure could not be determined based on the available evidence.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Waco UPF-7 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Sep 2017 | Waco UPF 7 | Ocklawaha, Florida, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 6 Mar 2015 | Waco UPF 7 | Rio Vista, California, United States | Bayley Donald T | No injuries | - |
| 3 Jun 2015 | Waco UPF 7 | Montrose, Colorado, United States | Upf-7 LLC | Serious injuries | - |
| 29 Jun 2014 | Waco UPF 7 | Warrenton, Virginia, United States | Corradi John | Minor injuries | - |
| 11 Mar 2013 | Waco UPF-7 | Paso Robles, California, United States | Stewart Edwards | Minor injuries | - |
| 27 Aug 2012 | Waco UPF-7 | Jim Falls, Wisconsin, United States | - | No injuries | - |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Nov 2017 | Cessna 140 | Macon, Georgia, United States | Clear Blue Sky Aviation LLC. | No injuries | - |
| 4 Mar 2017 | Cessna 421 | Canton, Georgia, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 23 Jun 2017 | Airbus A321 | Atlanta, Georgia, United States | Delta Air Lines, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 27 Jul 2017 | Rockwell S 2R | McRae, Georgia, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 20 Sep 2017 | Cessna 150G | Rhine, Georgia, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 9 May 2017 | Cessna 150M | Homerville, Georgia, United States | Tailwheels Etc. | No injuries | - |