Waco UPF-7 accident near Good Hope, IL
On June 4, 1994, a Waco UPF-7 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Good Hope, IL. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- June 4, 1994
- Place
- Good Hope, IL
- Aircraft
- Waco UPF-7 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 40.550°N, 90.670°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001206X01491
NTSB summary
On June 4, 1994, at 0935 central daylight time, a Waco UPF-7, N29952, registered to Robert Runyan of Bushnell, Illinois, and operated by an airline transport pilot, experienced a departure from controlled flight and impacted the terrain, in an open farm field, near Good Hope, Illinois. The airplane was destroyed and the pilot sustained fatal injuries. The local personal CFR 14 Part 91 flight was being conducted in visual meteorological conditions. No flight plan was on file. The flight departed Bushnell, Illinois, at 0845. There were two eye witnesses to the final moments of the flight of N29952. One was a juvenile who advised her father that she had seen the airplane crash. The father had been working on his truck and did not see the airplane prior to the accident, but had heard the airplane engine sound, and heard the sound of the impact. He recalled the sound of the engine as though it was "cutting out and starting back up." The second eye witness was an individual who was operating a farm tractor with the engine running. He did not hear anything, but his attention was drawn to the airplane by a reflection from sun on the airplane. He stated that the airplane made "a couple wide circles going down fairly fast as it did." The McDonough County (IL) Sheriff's Department report indicated that the wreckage was distributed on a northwesterly direction. From the point of impact, the wreckage was scattered 379 feet. A wreckage diagram prepared by the Sheriff's Department is attached to this report. In examination of the wreckage subsequent to the accident by Federal Aviation Adm
Probable cause
FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT, WHILE MANEUVERING. A FACTOR RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WAS: THE PILOT'S IMPAIRMENT DUE TO USE OF A PRESCRIPTION DRUG THAT WAS NOT APPROVED FOR USE WHILE FLYING.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
