# Accident 19970802020399A: Cessna 182P, Oshkosh, WI, August 2, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 2, 1997, 20:00 local time
- Place: Oshkosh, WI
- Airport: Wittman Regional Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.0600° 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=44.0600&lon=-88.5408&mi=10
- Aircraft: N125MW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N125MW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 182P (registry code 2075816, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-182p) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental O-470 series (registry code 17026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 182P
- Reported engine: CONT O470R
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,728 total, 443 in this make and model, 58 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI97LA243](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI97LA243) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970802020399A

## Narrative

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

LOST CONTROL LANDING TOO CLOSE TO PRECEEDING LANDING AIRCRAFT. WAKE TURBULENCE. (.19)  ON AUGUST 2, 1997, AT 2000 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME, A CESSNA 182P, N125MW, SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE DURING A LANDING ON RUNWAY 36R, AT WITTMAN FIELD, OSHKOSH, WISCONSIN.  THE PILOT AND TWO PASSENGERS REPORTED NO INJURIES.  THE PILOT SAID HE THOUGHT HE LOST CONTROL DUE TO TURBULENCE FROM ANOTHER AIRPLANE ON FINAL WHO OVERFLEW THE FLIGHT PATH OF HIS AIRPLANE.  THE 14 CFR PART 91 FLIGHT WAS OPERATING IN VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS.  NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS ON FILE.  THE FLIGHT DEPARTED PLATTEVILLE, WISCONSIN, AT 1838. (.4) THE PILOT AND BOTH OF HIS PASSENGERS STATED THAT ANOTHER AIRPLANE FLEW IN FRONT OF THEIR FLIGHT PATH AS THEY WERE ON SHORT FINAL APPROACH. THE AIRPLANE THEN LANDED HARD. THE PILOT SAID THAT TURBULENCE FROM THE OTHER AIRPLANE RESULTED IN A TEMPORARY LOSS OF CONTROL.                   (-23)AFTER FOLLOWING EAA OSHKOSH ARRIVAL PROCEDURE FOR RUNWAY 36L TRAFFIC WAS ROUTED TO 36R.  PILOT LANDED HARD AND LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL WHILE LANDING ON 36R.  CONTRIBUTING FACTORS: TAXIWAY CONGESTING BETWEEN 36R AND 36L NECESSITATED CLOSURE OF 36L TO ALLOW TRAFFIC TO TAXI TO EAA CONVENTION SITE . ALL ARRIVALS WERE THEN ROUTED TO 36R.  PILOT WAS DISTRACTED BY AN UNIDENTIFIED AIRCRAFT ENTERING SHORT FINAL IN FRONT OF HIM.  TIME OF DAY (DUSK).

## 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 CHI97LA243](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI97LA243), Aug 3, 1997: Cessna 182P (N125MW), Oshkosh, WI, substantial damage. Probable cause: wake turbulence from another airplane encountered at an altitude which precluded regaining control of the airplane by the pilot.

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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