# Accident 19880729028309A: Piper PA30, Oshkosh, WI, July 29, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 29, 1988, 18:56 local time
- Place: Oshkosh, WI
- Airport: Wittman Field
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.9844° N, 88.5570° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WITTMAN RGNL (OSH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.9844&lon=-88.5570&mi=10
- Aircraft: N43GS (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA30
- Reported engine: LYC IO320B1A
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 15,500 total, 1,200 in this make and model, 220 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI88FA179](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI88FA179) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880729028309A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

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

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI88FA179](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI88FA179), Jul 29, 1988: Piper PA-30 (N43GS), Oshkosh, WI, no damage, 1 fatal

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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