# Accident 19990729010121A: Vought F4U4, Oshkosh, WI, July 29, 1999

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 29, 1999, 15:00 local time
- Place: Oshkosh, WI
- Airport: Wittman Regional Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Collision: Midair collision, first aircraft
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.9851° N, 88.5370° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from the FAA’s distance and direction from , within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.9851&lon=-88.5370&mi=10
- Aircraft: N712RD, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N712RD) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Chance Vought F4U-4 (registry code 2152608, https://openairdocs.org/model/chance-vought-f4u-4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-2800 series (registry code 52026, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-2800-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: VOUGHT F4U4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI99FA266](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI99FA266) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990729010121A

## Narrative

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

DURING TAKEOFF RWY 18R N712RD COLLIDED WITH N14HP. N712RD WAS DESTROYED. N14HP HAS SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. 1 SERIOUS INJURY. (-23) MR. DOCTOR AND MR. JAMES READ ENTERED RUNWAY BEHIND BEARCATS OF MR. HOWARD PARDUE AND MR. TOM WOOD, AFTER PERFORMING ENGINE RUNUPS.  MR. PARDUE AND MR. WOOD HAD STOPPED ON RUNWAY TO PERFORM RUNUP.  MR. DOCTOR COMMENCED TAKEOFF, WITH MR. READ, HIS WINGMAN, FOLLOWING.  MR. DOCTOR STRUCK MR. PARDUE'S AIRCRAFT.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N14HP, Gruman F8F1: [Accident 19990729010122A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19990729010122A)

## 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 CHI99FA266](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI99FA266), Jul 29, 1999: Chance Vought F4U-4 (N712RD), Oshkosh, WI, destroyed. Probable cause: The pilot of the other airplane not following the instructions briefed by the formation leader, and the pilot's maneuvering his airplane to avoid the airplane in front of him.

## Other reports on N712RD (1)

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

- [Incident 19950502016359I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950502016359I), May 2, 1995: Vought F4U4 (N712RD), Dallas, TX, Minor damage. Narrative: on 05-02-95, N712RD flown by john w. konrad, pilot certificate number 204620 struck on approach light on final for landing at Addison Airport. 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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.