# Accident 19950731020902A: Cessna 172F, Oshkosh, WI, July 31, 1995

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 31, 1995, 09:30 local time
- Place: Oshkosh, WI
- Airport: Wittman Regional Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Collision: Midair collision, second aircraft
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.0592° N, 88.5408° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.0592&lon=-88.5408&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5542R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5542R-1996-10-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172F (registry code 2072414, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172F
- Reported engine: CONT O300D
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI95LA252](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI95LA252) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950731020902A

## Narrative

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

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.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N40LF, Amtr ACROX: [Accident 19950731020901A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950731020901A)

## 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 CHI95LA252](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI95LA252), Jul 31, 1995: Cessna 172F (N5542R), Oshkosh, WI, substantial damage. Probable cause: the failure of the pilot of the Acro II, N40LF, to maintain clearance from the Cessna 172, N5542R.

## Other reports on N5542R (1)

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

- [Accident 19960710016669A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19960710016669A), Jul 10, 1996: Cessna 172F (N5542R), Freeport, IL, Substantial damage. Too 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,…

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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