# Accident 20020721038009A: Piper PA20, Oshkosh, WI, July 21, 2002

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 21, 2002, 15:30 local time
- Place: Oshkosh, WI
- Airport: Wittman Regional Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.9842° N, 88.5569° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.9842&lon=-88.5569&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1592A, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1592A) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-20 (registry code 7102002, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-290 series (registry code 41506, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA20
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,000 total, 500 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI02FA200](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI02FA200) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020721038009A

## Narrative

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

(-23) PILOT WAS FOLLOWING TRAFFIC TO LAND ON RUNWAY 27. PILOT ABRUPTLY PULLED UP FROM FLARE, WHEN HIS PAX WARNED OF IMMINENT COLLISION WITH ANOTHER AIRCRAFT. MR. CLARK'S PA-20 STALLED AND LANDED HARD. WITNESS ACCOUNTS VARY AS TO EXISTENCE OR LOCATION OF SECOND PLANE, BUT MR. CLARK WAS MOST CERTAINLY TRYING TO AVOID A PERCEIVED MIDAIR COLLISION. TOTAL AIRFRAME HOURS NOT REPORTED BECAUSE LOG BOOKS UNAVAILABLE. AIRFRAME TIME IS NOT PERTINENT TO THE INVESTIGATION.

## 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 CHI02FA200](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI02FA200), Jul 21, 2002: Piper PA-20 (N1592A), Oshkosh, WI, substantial damage. Probable cause: Inadequate visual lookout by both the accident pilot and the pilot of the other airplane. An additional cause is the arrival procedure used which resulted in a congested traffic pattern and the…

## Other reports on N1592A (2)

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

- [Incident 19830220016359I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830220016359I), Feb 20, 1983: Piper PA20 (N1592A), Modesto, CA, Minor damage. Pilot lost control of aircraft while landing on a private grass airstrip. Aircraft nosed over.
- [Accident 19770311004819A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770311004819A), Mar 11, 1977: Piper PA20 (N1592A), Mariposa, CA, Substantial damage. Acft left gear rolled into hole adj to rt side of rwy and left side of taxiway.

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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