# Incident 19950121000729I: Piper J4A, Oshkosh, WI, January 21, 1995

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 21, 1995, 14:45 local time
- Place: Oshkosh, WI
- Airport: Wittman Regional Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- 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: N26700, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N26700) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper J4A (registry code 7100604, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-j4a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A&C75 series (registry code 17005, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c75-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER J4A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,724 total, 1,714 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950121000729I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: ON JANUARY 21, 1995, ABOUT 1445 CENTRAL STANDARD TIME A PIPER J4-4, N26700 RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGES FOLLOWING A HAND PROP START. THE PILOT OPENED THE THROTTLE TO FULL, TO CLEAN ENGINE AFTER FLOODED AND FORGOT TO CLOSE THROTTLE. THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED WHEN PILOT STATED THAT IT WAS FOR THE INTENTION TO RELOCATE AIRCRAFT ON RAMP.

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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