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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Cessna 140A · Oshkosh, WI · July 28, 2011

Date
July 28, 2011 · 13:30 local
Place
Oshkosh, WI
Airport
Wittman Regional
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N5360C
Reported as
Cessna 140A
Reported engine
Continental C90 series
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificates
Commercial pilot, flight instructor
Pilot’s flight hours
12,000 total100 in this make and model20 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.

The passenger was seated in the left seat and flying the aircraft. After being cleared to land on runway 27, the airplane landed hard, bounced twice, and then nosed over. After the propeller struck the runway, the pilot in command, who was seated in the right seat, assumed control and prevented the aircraft from going over on its back.

As the FAA filed it

THE PASSENGER WAS SEATED IN THE LEFT SEAT AND FLYING THE AIRCRAFT. AFTER BEING CLEARED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 27, THE AIRPLANE LANDED HARD, BOUNCED TWICE, AND THEN NOSED OVER. AFTER THE PROPELLER STRUCK THE RUNWAY, THE PILOT IN COMMAND, WHO WAS SEATED IN THE RIGHT SEAT, ASSUMED CONTROL AND PREVENTED THE AIRCRAFT FROM GOING OVER ON ITS BACK.