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MIA88LA106

1988-02-14 · ST PETERSBURG, Florida, United States · Serious · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

Airport SPG

Current FAA registration · N29368

Make / Model
WACO UPF-7
Year of manufacture
1940 · 48 years old at event
Engine
CONT MOTOR R670-SERIES (225 hp)
Seats / Engines
2 seats · 1 engine
Last airworthiness date
20230629
ADS-B equipped
Yes — Mode-S A303EA

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Factual narrative

THE PLT STATED THAT WHILE ON APCH TO LAND, THE ENGINE LOST POWER. DURING AN ATTEMPT TO LAND ON RUNWAY 36 THE ACFT STALLED & NOSED IN FROM AN APPROXIMATE 50 FOOT ALTITUDE. NO DETERMINATION COULD BE MADE AS TO THE NATURE OF THE MALFUNCTION OF THE ENGINE AS DESCRIBED BY THE PILOT. HOWEVER, CONDITIONS EXISTED FOR CARB ICE AND THE PILOT WAS NOT UTILIZING CARB HEAT. Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1988_MIA88LA106.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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