# Incident 19990520026769I: Amtr RV6A, Oshkosh, WI, May 20, 1999

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 20, 1999, 10:15 local time
- Place: Oshkosh, WI
- Airport: Wittman Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- 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: N6YE, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6YE) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Eaa Aviation Foundation RV-6A (registry code 05604RQ, https://openairdocs.org/model/eaa-aviation-foundation-rv-6a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR RV6A
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,900 total, 7 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990520026769I

## Narrative

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

EAA-DOM, INDICATES NOSE GEAR STRUT FAILED, THERE WERE INDICATIONS OF A PREVIOUS FATIGUE FRACTURE IN THE BOLT SHANK. WHILE TAXIING CLEAR OF RUNWAY THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED CAUSING THE PROP AND LEFT WING TIP TO STRIKE THE GROUND CAUSING THE PROP AND LEFT WING TIP TO STRIKE THE GROUND CAUSING MINOR DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT. A MALFUNCTION OR DEFECT (MOD) WAS SUBMITTED FOR THE BOLT., THE EAA ALSO INDICATES THE NOSE GEAR BOLT WILL BE REMOVED AND INSPECTED AT EACH ANNUAL-CONDITION INSPECTION.

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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