Aviation Accident Summaries

Aviation Accident Summary FTW83LA002

ALBUQUERQUE, NM, USA

Aircraft #1

N30136

WACO UPF-7

Analysis

UPON COMPLETION OF AN AIRSHOW THE PLT RETURNED TO CORONADO ARPT. UPON TOUCHDOWN THE ACFT TRIED TO NOSE OVER & A GO-AROUND WAS MADE. AFTER TWO TOUCH & GO'S THE PLT ISOLATED THE PROBLEM TO A LOCKED RIGHT BRAKE SO HE ATTEMPTED TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM BY CUTTING THE BRAKE LINE AT THE MASTER CYLINDER. HE THEN MADE ANOTHER TOUCH & GO & THE ACFT AGAIN TRIED TO NOSE OVER. THE PLT THEN DIVERTED TO ALBUQUERQUE INTL ARPT & AFTER SEVERAL LOW PASSES LANDED IN DIRT ADJACENT TO RWY 30. AFTER ABOUT A 400 FT ROLL THE ACFT ENCOUNTERED ROUGH SOFT TERRAIN & NOSED OVER.

 

Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database

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