# Accident 19990616007119A: Navion L17A, Osceola, WI, June 16, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 16, 1999, 17:00 local time
- Place: Osceola, WI
- Airport: L O Simenstad Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.3109° N, 92.6902° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.3109&lon=-92.6902&mi=10
- Aircraft: N109F, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N109F) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: North American NAVION L-17A (registry code 6150134, https://openairdocs.org/model/north-american-navion-l-17a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental E185 series (registry code 17014, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e185-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: NAVION L17A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI99LA186](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI99LA186) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990616007119A

## Narrative

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

ACFT ENGINE QUIT, AND THE ACFT LANDED SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET SHORT OF THE RW Y AT OSCEOLA. (.19) ON JUNE 16, 1999, AT 1730 CENTRAL DAYLIGHT TIME (CDT), A NORTH AMERICAN NAVION L-17A, N109F, OPERATED BY A PRIVATE PILOT COLLIDED WITH THE TERRAIN AFTER UNDERSHOOTING THE RUNWAY DURING A FORCED LANDING IN OSCEOLA, WISCONSIN. THE PILOT WAS NOT INJURED. THE AIRPLANE WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. THE 14 CFR PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT WAS OPERATING IN VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS WITHOUT A FLIGHT PLAN. THE FLIGHT DEPARTED ANOKA, MINNESOTA, AT 1600 CDT, AND WAS DESTINED FOR RICE LAKE, WISCONSIN. A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER WAS EXPERIENCED DURING CRUISE FLIGHT. THE AIRPLANE TOUCHED DOWN 1,000 FEET SHORT OF THE RUNWAY AT THE SIMENSTAD MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, OSCEOLA, WISCONSIN. THE AIRPLANE TOUCHED DOWN IN A CORN FIELD, TRAVELED ACROSS A ROAD, AND CONTACTED A DITCH PRIOR TO COMING TO A STOP. (-23) MR. ERICKSON STATED AFTER THE ENGINE HAD QUIT RUNNING HE SWITCHED TO THE AUXILLARY TANK. THE ENGINE DID NOT RE-START AND THEN HE SWITCHED BACK TO THE FORMER TANK IN USE. ENGINE STARTED AND RAN BRIEFLY TWO TIMES. AT THIS TIME HIS ATTENTION WAS DIRECTED TO THE LANDING. THE AUXILLARY FUEL TANK HAD APPROXIMATELY 18 G ALLONS OF FUEL. BOTH TIP TANKS AND MAIN FUEL TANK WERE LOOKED IN VISUALLY AND THERE WAS NO FUEL IN ANY OF THE THREE. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^

## 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 CHI99LA186](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI99LA186), Jun 16, 1999: North American Navion L-17A (N109F), Osceola, WI, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's mismanagement of the fuel system in that he had the fuel selector positioned to a tank which did not contain sufficient fuel for the flight. Factors associated with the accident were the…

## Other reports on N109F (1)

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

- [Accident 19950201048259A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950201048259A), Feb 1, 1995: N109F, W Point Village, AK, Substantial damage. After over flying his landing site the pilot touched down, went through the "on step" phase and as the aircraft was falling off of the "step" veered hard…

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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