# Incident 19980828040889I: Oshkosh, WI, August 28, 1998

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 28, 1998, 08:00 local time
- Place: Oshkosh, WI
- Airport: Wittman Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- 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: NONE (not matched to a registry record)
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Student
- Pilot flight hours: 6 total
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980828040889I

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON AUGUST 28, 1998, AT APPROXIMATELY 0800 CDT A ULTRLIGHT HAD GROUND LOOPED ON RUNWAY 27. DURING LANDING AT OSHKOSH AIRPORT, OSHKOSH, WISCONSIN, MR. STEVE A. MAHRLE WAS PILOT-IN-COMMAND OF THIS FLIGHT.  IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT HE DID NOT POSSES A PILOT CERTIFICATE AND VALID  MEDICAL CERTIFICATE.  THIS AIRCRAFT WAS NOT REGISTERED AND DID NOT CONTAIN AN AIRWORTHINESS CERTIFICATE.  MR. MAHRLE RECEIVED NO INJURIES, THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR GEAR DAMAGE.  THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED AS A PLEASURE FLIGHT WHEN THE INCIDENT OCCURRED.  THE FLIGHT WAS INTENDED TO BE A LOCAL FLIGHT IN OSHKOSK, WISCONSIN AREA.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED.

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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