# Incident 20100706036509I: Keesler Pat W8 TAILWIND, Oshkosh, WI, July 6, 2010

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 6, 2010, 19:26 local time
- Place: Oshkosh, WI
- Airport: Wittman Regional Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- 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: N56PK, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N56PK-2018-01-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Keesler Patrick E W8 TAILWIND (registry code 97902PK, https://openairdocs.org/model/keesler-patrick-e-w8-tailwind) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C90-12F (registry code 17183, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c90-12f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: KEESLER PAT W8 TAILWIND
- Reported engine: CONTINENTAL C90-12F
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 280 total, 1 in this make and model, 7 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100706036509I

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT N56PK DEPARTED OSH FOR TEST FLIGHT. PILOT REPORTED TO OSH TOWER THAT HE LOST ENGINE POWER AT 0026Z. ALERT II ISSUED BY OSH TOWER, AIRCRAFT WAS ABLE TO MAKE AN APPROACH TO RWY 27. THE AIRPLANE LANDED, HE BOUNCED AND THEN NOSED OVER. AIRCRAFT SLID TO A STOP ON HIS NOSE. MINNOR DAMAGE TO PROPELLER, PROPELLER SPINNER, AND ENGINE AIR INTAKE FAIRING. NO INJURIES TO THE PILOT.

## Other reports on N56PK (1)

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

- [Accident 20110629011639A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110629011639A), Jun 29, 2011: Keesler Patrick E W8 TAILWIND (N56PK), Oshkosh, WI, Substantial damage. On June 29, 2011 at approximately 10:00 am pilot [privacy data omitted] was cleared to depart runway 9 at Wittman Regional Airport for flight testing. A few…

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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