Waco UPF-7 accident near Albuquerque, New Mexico, October 3, 1982
On October 3, 1982 at about 6:01 pm local time, a Waco UPF-7, registered N30136, was substantially damaged in an accident near Albuquerque, New Mexico (Albuquerque airport). It was a flight of an unrecorded kind under general aviation rules (Part 91). No one was hurt; 1 person was on board or involved. The weather was visual conditions (good weather).
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The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
The NTSB has not yet published a probable cause for this accident. Investigations usually take one to two years; this page updates when the final report is released.
Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 4, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- October 3, 1982 · about 6:01 pm local time
- Place
- Albuquerque, New Mexico · Albuquerque · map
- Type
- Accident
- Injuries
- No one was hurt; 1 person was on board or involved.
- Weather
- visual conditions (good weather)
- Aircraft
- Waco UPF-7 · all UPF-7s on the register
- Registration
- N30136 · registry record · serial 5533
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Flight of an unrecorded kind · general aviation rules (Part 91)
The NTSB's narrative final · quoted from the NTSB record
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.
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
Pilot
- Certificate: commercial pilot
- Ratings: multi-engine land; single-engine land
- Flight time: 11,100 hours in all; 2,250 in this make and model; 80 in the last 90 days; 11,100 as pilot in command
- Medical certificate: Class 2 (valid medical--no waivers/lim.)
- Seat: unk
The aircraft
- Airframe total time: 1,100 hours
- Last inspection: inspection type not recorded; 0 hours since
- Maximum gross weight: 2,650 lb
- Seats: 2
- Landing gear: fixed
- Engine: P & W R-985 (piston); 0 hours total
The flight
- Departed from: ABQ Albuquerque NM at 10:30 am
- Destination: ABQ Albuquerque NM
- Flight plan: none
- Runway 0
Weather at the time
- Light: daylight
- Wind: from 270° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 50 statute miles
- Sky: not recorded; clear
- Temperature: 153°F (67°C), dew point 0°F (-18°C)
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observation at 12:01 pm
Injuries
| Fatal | Serious | Minor | None | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crew | 1 |
Documents from the investigation the NTSB's docket: the evidence folder behind the report
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Other NTSB records under N30136 the same tail number, which may have belonged to a different aircraft at the time
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 documents and photographs are the NTSB's docket, the folder of records gathered during the investigation, shown as the NTSB released them (the NTSB redacts some personal details first) and listed under the NTSB's own titles. This site's own text 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 FTW83LA002.