# Incident 20090726017919I: Amtr PIETENPOL, Oshkosh, WI, July 26, 2009

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 26, 2009, 10:55 local time
- Place: Oshkosh, WI
- Airport: Wittman Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.9844° N, 88.5570° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WITTMAN RGNL (OSH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.9844&lon=-88.5570&mi=10
- Aircraft: N497AR, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N497AR) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Frank Lowell C PIETENPOL (registry code 7040271, https://openairdocs.org/model/frank-lowell-c-pietenpol) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Ford CONVERSION (registry code 26701, https://openairdocs.org/engine/ford-conversion) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR PIETENPOL
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090726017919I

## Narrative

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

(-23)  AIRMAN WAS LANDING ON RUNWAY 36 AT KOSH WITH A FLIGHT OF 9 PEITENPOELS.  IN AN EFFORT TO LAND ON THE "ORANGE" DOT ON RUNWAY 36, THE PILOT NEEDED TO EXTEND HIS FINAL APPROACH.  WINDS AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT WERE 320 AT 7 KTS GUSTING 14 KTS AND VARIBLE BETWEEN 290 AND 350 DEGREES.  THE AIRMAN EXERIENCED A GUST OF WIND JUST UPON TOUCHING DOWN.  THE AIRCRAFT STARTED TO GROUND LOOP AND IN AN EFFORT TO REGAIN CONTROL, THE AIRMAN TOUCHED THE RIGHT BRAKE WHICH TIPPED THE AIRCRAFT ON IT'S NOSE.  THE AIRCRAFT GROUND LOOPED AND CAME TO REST ON THE EAST SIDE OF RUNWAY 36.

## Other reports on N497AR (1)

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

- [Accident 20250418003889A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250418003889A), Apr 18, 2025: Lowell C. Frank PIETENPOL (N497AR), Taylorsville, NC, Substantial damage. [privacy data omitted]Pilot of [privacy data omitted] departed NC27 with 1 pax on board. Approximately 16 miles southwest of NC 27, the pilot was attempting to…

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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