# Accident 19900725029119A: Amtrli WHTLIGHTING, Oshkosh, WI, July 25, 1990

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 25, 1990, 19:55 local time
- Place: Oshkosh, WI
- Airport: Wittman Regional Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- 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: N7147W (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTRLI WHTLIGHTING
- Reported engine: CONT IO360A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 2,100 total, 50 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI90FA197](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI90FA197) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900725029119A

## Narrative

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

STALLED AND SPUN INTO LAKE WINNEBAGO WHILE SLO WING AND S TURNING FOR SLOWER TRAFFIC.KIT BUILT HAD HIGH STALL SPEED

## 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 CHI90FA197](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI90FA197), Jul 26, 1990: Custom Aerotech White Lightning (N7147W), Oshkosh, WI, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN AIRSPEED TO AVOID LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT.

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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