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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Beech D17S · Oshkosh, WI · July 22, 2007

Date
July 22, 2007 · 12:45 local
Place
Oshkosh, WI
Airport
Wittman Regional
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N19493
Reported as
Beech D17S
Reported engine
Pratt & Whitney R985*
People aboard
3
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 total250 in this make and model210 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) After landing at osh pilot was told another aircraft was landing and to expedite exiting off runway. Pilot exited onto the grass and did not verify clear path. Aircraft struck runway sign. Pilot did not see sign due to poor forward visibility in taildragger aircraft.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) AFTER LANDING AT OSH PILOT WAS TOLD ANOTHER AIRCRAFT WAS LANDING AND TO EXPEDITE EXITING OFF RUNWAY. PILOT EXITED ONTO THE GRASS AND DID NOT VERIFY CLEAR PATH. AIRCRAFT STRUCK RUNWAY SIGN. PILOT DID NOT SEE SIGN DUE TO POOR FORWARD VISIBILITY IN TAILDRAGGER AIRCRAFT.