19950731020902A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Cessna 172F · Oshkosh, WI · July 31, 1995

Date: July 31, 1995 · 09:30 local
Place: Oshkosh, WI
Airport: Wittman Regional Airport
Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Collision: Midair collision, second aircraft
Damage: Substantial damage
Aircraft: N5542R
NTSB investigation: NTSBCHI95LA252
Reported as: Cessna 172F
Reported engine: Continental O300D
People aboard: 4
Fatal injuries: 0

N5542RRegistration cancelled Oct 22, 1996 · Cessna 172FS/N 17253126 Airframe modelCessna 172F

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.

Tower asked plane to land mid runway behind Cessna. On ground roll impacted Cessna right wing. (-23) aircraft just landed and was getting ready to taxi off the runway when it was struck from behind by an acrosport. The acrosport as instructed by osh ATCT to touch down further down the runway than the pilot planned due to traffic congestion. This accident occured during a busy landing period at the Oshkosh airshow.

As the FAA filed it

TOWER ASKED PLANE TO LAND MID RUNWAY BEHIND CESSNA. ON GROUND ROLL IMPACTED CESSNA RIGHT WING. (-23) AIRCRAFT JUST LANDED AND WAS GETTING READY TO TAXI OFF THE RUNWAY WHEN IT WAS STRUCK FROM BEHIND BY AN ACROSPORT. THE ACROSPORT AS INSTRUCTED BY OSH ATCT TO TOUCH DOWN FURTHER DOWN THE RUNWAY THAN THE PILOT PLANNED DUE TO TRAFFIC CONGESTION. THIS ACCIDENT OCCURED DURING A BUSY LANDING PERIOD AT THE OSHKOSH AIRSHOW.

NTSB investigation

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

NTSB CHI95LA252Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportOshkosh, WIthe failure of the pilot of the Acro II, N40LF, to maintain clearance from the Cessna 172, N5542R.Jul 31, 1995 · 2 aircraft · Substantial damage

Other aircraft in the event · 1

Each aircraft in a collision has its own report.

N40LFAmtr AcroxAccident 19950731020901A · Minor damage

Other reports on N5542R · 1

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

Accident 19960710016669AFinal Approach · Freeport, ILToo low to land on runway. Veered into soybean field. Stalled impacted upslope and ground looped. (-23) on July 10, 1996, at 1400 CDT, a Cessna 172, N5542R, being flown by gerald qualter , private pilot, undershot the runway and collided with the terrain…Jul 10, 1996 · Substantial damage