Accident Waco YKC N14000, Sunday 13 January 1985

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Date:	Sunday 13 January 1985
Time:	12:50 LT
Type:	Waco YKC
Owner/operator:	Byron Charles Hight
Registration:	N14000
MSN:	3880
Year of manufacture:	1934
Engine model:	JACOBS R755
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 4
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	Placerville, CA - United States of America
Phase:	Landing
Nature:	Private
Departure airport:	San Jose, CA (KRHV)
Destination airport:	Placerville, CA (61Q)
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
ACFT WAS LINED UP ON RWY BUT PLT MISJUDGED HEIGHT AND ACFT STALLED APRX 3 FT ABOVE THE GROUND. ACFT BOUNCED AND UPON CONTACTING THE GROUND VEERED RIGHT. PLT OVER COMPENSATED AND ACFT GROUND LOOPED TRAVELING OFF LEFT SIDE OF RWY INTO A ROAD. THE POND IS APRX 60 FT SOUTH OF THE AIRSTRIP MID-FIELD. LEFT MAIN GEAR WAS SHEARED OFF.

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