# Accident 20090701017369A: Remos REMOSG3600, Oshkosh, WI, July 1, 2009

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 1, 2009, 16:00 local time
- Place: Oshkosh, WI
- Airport: Wittman Regional
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- 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: N261RA, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N261RA) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Remos G-3/600 (registry code 060004I, https://openairdocs.org/model/remos-g-3-600) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 912ULS series (registry code 55572, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-912uls-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: REMOS REMOSG3600
- Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX*
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 423 total, 28 in this make and model, 36 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN09CA407](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09CA407) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090701017369A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT DEPARTED OSH FOR A 1/2 HOUR EAA-SPONSERED AIR ACADEMY INTRODUCTORY FLIGHT.  AFTER APPROXIMATELY 30 MINUTES OF FLIGHT, ENGINE STOPPED.  DETERMINED POST-ACCIDENT THAT IT WAS DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION.  AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST INVERTED, FACING N280°-300, LANDED IN CORN, THEN WHEAT ON A HEADING OF N100°-120 ACROSS FURLOWS HIT A RIDGE IN CORN/WHEAT SEPARATON CAUSING INVERSION.

## 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 CEN09CA407](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09CA407), Jul 1, 2009: Remos G-3/6000 (N261RA), Oshkosh, WI, substantial damage. Probable cause: A total loss of total engine power due to fuel exhaustion as a result of the instructor pilot's inadequate preflight inspection. Contributing to the accident was the creased fuel quantity tube.

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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