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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr RV-6A · Oshkosh, WI · July 23, 2005

Date
July 23, 2005 · 19:36 local
Place
Oshkosh, WI
Airport
Wittman Regional Airport
Phase of flight
Level Off Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N9PT
Reported as
Amtr RV6A
Reported engine
Lycoming O360*
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
600 total170 in this make and model17 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) On July 23, 2005 N9PT operated by a commercial rated pilot was inbound to the Oshkosh eaa convention using the fisk arrival to runway 9. He felt his spacing with the aircraft in front of him was adequate and was told to land on the numbers. About this time another aircraft, a low wing, proceeded to insert itself from the right between N9PT and the aircraft in front of him. The pilot of N9PT believed this aircraft was instructed to reenter the pattern after performing a go-around. N9PT touched down about 100' short of the runway on a heading of about 80 degrees, the left wing scraped the ground, and the nose gear collapsed. The aircraft proceeded onto and then off the runway's north edge at which time it flipped over after coming into contact with the soft edge. The pilot of N9PT believes wake turbulence from the low wing was a factor in this incident. The wind was 180 degrees at 10 knots.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON JULY 23, 2005 N9PT OPERATED BY A COMMERCIAL RATED PILOT WAS INBOUND TO THE OSHKOSH EAA CONVENTION USING THE FISK ARRIVAL TO RUNWAY 9. HE FELT HIS SPACING WITH THE AIRCRAFT IN FRONT OF HIM WAS ADEQUATE AND WAS TOLD TO LAND ON THE NUMBERS. ABOUT THIS TIME ANOTHER AIRCRAFT, A LOW WING, PROCEEDED TO INSERT ITSELF FROM THE RIGHT BETWEEN N9PT AND THE AIRCRAFT IN FRONT OF HIM. THE PILOT OF N9PT BELIEVED THIS AIRCRAFT WAS INSTRUCTED TO REENTER THE PATTERN AFTER PERFORMING A GO-AROUND. N9PT TOUCHED DOWN ABOUT 100' SHORT OF THE RUNWAY ON A HEADING OF ABOUT 80 DEGREES, THE LEFT WING SCRAPED THE GROUND, AND THE NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED. THE AIRCRAFT PROCEEDED ONTO AND THEN OFF THE RUNWAY'S NORTH EDGE AT WHICH TIME IT FLIPPED OVER AFTER COMING INTO CONTACT WITH THE SOFT EDGE. THE PILOT OF N9PT BELIEVES WAKE TURBULENCE FROM THE LOW WING WAS A FACTOR IN THIS INCIDENT. THE WIND WAS 180 DEGREES AT 10 KNOTS.