Airworthiness date on the current FAA record (standard category (normal)).
Overview
About N89B
N89B is a 1987 Classic Aircraft Waco Ymf, serial number F5-006. The FAA register lists Victoria'S Wings LLC as the registrant in Melbourne, Florida. The current certificate of registration was issued on September 19, 2018 and expires on September 30, 2028.
The FAA aircraft reference file describes the type as a single-engine piston, one Jacobs R755B series engine and 2 seats. Its airworthiness certificate is standard category (normal), dated March 19, 1987.
N89B has 2 accident/incident records on file (most serious damage: substantial); details are below. 2 earlier records involve a different aircraft that carried the same N-number.
Probable cause: The certified flight instructor s delayed response to the student pilot's loss of directional control while landing, which resulted in a ground-loop. Contributing to the accident was the student pilot's loss of directional control.
Reported aircraft: Waco YMF-5 — a different aircraft that carried the N89B registration before this airframe.
Probable cause: FAILURE OF THE PILOT TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL DURING TAKEOFF, WHICH RESULTED IN AN INADVERTENT GROUND SWERVE. FACTORS RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WERE: THE CROSSWIND, THE PILOT'S EXCESSIVE COMPENSATION FOR THE WIND CONDITION, AND HIS LACK OF EXPERIENCE IN THE MAKE AND MODEL OF AIRCRAFT.
Probable cause: THE PILOT'S INCORRECT ELEVATOR CONTROL WHILE TAXIING WITH A QUARTERING TAILWIND. CONTRIBUTING TO THE INCIDENT WAS THE TAILWIND CONDITION.
Sources: NTSB aviation accident database and CAROL case system, FAA preliminary accident & incident notices. Search accident records
Data: FAA Aircraft Registry (October 2026), including deregistered aircraft; NTSB and FAA accident data; fyiAero listing history.
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