Waco U1-C accident near St. Petersburg, Florida, April 4, 1992
On April 4, 1992 at about 7:17 pm local time, a Waco U1-C, registered N13562, was substantially damaged in an accident near St. Petersburg, Florida (Albert Whitted airport). It was a flight of an unrecorded kind under general aviation rules (Part 91). No one was hurt; 3 people were on board or involved. The weather was visual conditions (good weather).
The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
PILOT-IN-COMMAND'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE ON LANDING. CONTRIBUTING TO THE ACCIDENT WERE THE GUSTY CROSSWINDS.
Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 4, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- April 4, 1992 · about 7:17 pm local time
- Place
- St. Petersburg, Florida · Albert Whitted
- Type
- Accident
- Injuries
- No one was hurt; 3 people were on board or involved.
- Weather
- visual conditions (good weather)
- Aircraft
- Waco U1-C
- Registration
- N13562 · registry record · serial 3816
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Flight of an unrecorded kind · general aviation rules (Part 91)
The NTSB's narrative final · quoted from the NTSB record
THE PILOT STATED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND HE LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE IN GUSTY AND SHIFTING WINDS AND THE AIRPLANE THEN 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: single-engine land
- Flight time: 1,750 hours in all; 450 in this make and model; 100 in the last 90 days; 30 in the last 30 days; 1,700 as pilot in command
- Medical certificate: Class 2 (valid medical--w/ waivers/lim.)
- Seat: frt
The aircraft
- Airframe total time: 2,185 hours
- Last inspection: 100-hour inspection, April 2, 1992; 3 hours since
- Maximum gross weight: 2,880 lb
- Seats: 3
- Landing gear: fixed
- Engine: Continental W670-6A (piston); 0 hours total
The flight
- Flight plan: none
- Runway 18, 2,700 ft by 150 ft
Weather at the time
- Light: daylight
- Wind: from 250° at 10 knots, gusting 25
- Visibility: 14 statute miles
- Sky: scat at 15,000 ft
- Temperature: 0°F (-18°C), dew point 0°F (-18°C)
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observation at 7:17 pm from SPG, 1 miles away
Injuries
| Fatal | Serious | Minor | None | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crew | 1 | |||
| Passengers | 2 |
Documents from the investigation the NTSB's docket: the evidence folder behind the report
The docket, the folder of records gathered during an investigation (maintenance records, photographs, witness statements, examinations), has not been read from the NTSB for this case yet; the list appears here once it has. Open the docket at the NTSB.
Other NTSB records under N13562 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 MIA92LA104.