Waco Classic Aircraft YMF-F5C accident near Pittsburg, Kansas, June 27, 2009
On June 27, 2009 at about 4:00 pm local time, a Waco Classic Aircraft YMF-F5C, registered N702KB, was substantially damaged in an accident during landing near Pittsburg, Kansas (Atkinson Municipal Airport). It was an instructional flight under general aviation rules (Part 91). No one was hurt; 2 people were on board or involved. The weather was visual conditions (good weather).
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The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
The pilot's loss of directional control resulting in a ground-loop.
Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 4, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- June 27, 2009 · about 4:00 pm local time
- Place
- Pittsburg, Kansas · Atkinson Municipal Airport · map
- Type
- Accident
- Injuries
- No one was hurt; 2 people were on board or involved.
- Weather
- visual conditions (good weather)
- Aircraft
- Waco Classic Aircraft YMF-F5C · all YMF-F5Cs on the register
- Registration
- N702KB · registry record · serial F5C119
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional flight · general aviation rules (Part 91)
The NTSB's narrative final · quoted from the NTSB record
The private pilot was receiving instruction in a tail-wheel equipped airplane from a certified flight instructor. The instructor gave the private pilot a simulated engine out while on the downwind leg for landing. The airplane touched down about mid-point on the runway, but during the landing roll the airplane started to turn left. The flight instructor was unable to correct the turn, and a "classic ground-loop" occurred.
The complete narrative as the NTSB published it. The NTSB's docket holds the report as a PDF and any photographs, statements and other documents from the investigation.
The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
What happened, in order
- Loss of control on ground during landing defining event
The NTSB's findings
- cause Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability › Performance/control parameters › Directional control › Not attained/maintained
- cause Personnel issues › Task performance › Use of equip/info › Aircraft control › Pilot
Flight instructor
- Certificate: flight instructor, commercial pilot
- Ratings: multi-engine land; single-engine land; single-engine sea; instructor: airplane multi-engine; instructor: airplane single-engine; instructor: instrument airplane; instrument: airplane; rotorcraft: glider
- Flight time: 17,000 hours in all; 4,000 in this make and model; 100 in the last 90 days; 35 in the last 30 days; 16,500 as pilot in command; 13,500 on instruments
- Last flight review: April 22, 2008
- Medical certificate: Class 2 (with waivers/limitations)
- Seat: frt
- Injury: no injuries
Pilot
- Certificate: private
- Ratings: single-engine land; rotorcraft: glider
- Flight time: 527 hours in all; 21 in this make and model; 5 in the last 90 days
- Medical certificate: Class 3
- Seat: unk
- Injury: no injuries
The aircraft
- Airframe total time: 93 hours
- Last inspection: annual inspection, May 7, 2009
- Seats: 3
- Landing gear: fixed
- Engine: Jacobs R-755B2M (piston); 0 hours total
- Operator: Waco Promotions LLC
The flight
- Departed from: KPTS Pittsburg KS
- Destination: KPTS Pittsburg KS
- Flight plan: not recorded
- Runway 34, 5,500 ft by 100 ft
- A second pilot was aboard
Weather at the time
- Light: daylight
- Temperature: 0°F (-18°C), dew point 0°F (-18°C)
Injuries
| Fatal | Serious | Minor | None | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flig | 2 |
About this page
Everything above comes from the NTSB's public accident database: the narrative, probable cause and findings are the NTSB's own words, and the coded tables behind its report (pilot, aircraft, flight, weather, injuries, sequence of events) are written out in plain English. Pilots' ages, home towns and medical details are left out on purpose. The docket at the NTSB holds the report as a PDF and the investigation's photographs and documents. This site never names pilots, passengers or anyone else involved. A preliminary report describes what is known soon after the event and can change; the final report, with the probable cause, usually follows one to two years later and this page is refreshed when it does. Case number CEN09CA395.