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Accident

FAA accident report · Piper PA30 · Oshkosh, WI · July 29, 1988

Date
July 29, 1988 · 18:56 local
Place
Oshkosh, WI
Airport
Wittman Field
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft
N43GS
NTSB investigation
NTSBCHI88FA179
Reported as
Piper PA30
Reported engine
Lycoming IO320B1A
People aboard
4
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
15,500 total1,200 in this make and model220 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Left tip tank hit flagman as plane was taxiing wrong way by request on a taxiway. Flagman was trying to stop plane.

As the FAA filed it

LEFT TIP TANK HIT FLAGMAN AS PLANE WAS TAXIING WRONG WAY BY REQUEST ON A TAXIWAY. FLAGMAN WAS TRYING TO STOP PLANE.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.