# Incident 20140801013449I: Schafer Rick W FOXTROT 4, Oshkosh, WI, August 1, 2014

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 1, 2014, 08:50 local time
- Place: Oshkosh, WI
- Airport: Wittman Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- 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: N729AR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N729AR-2018-03-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Schafer Rick W FOXTROT 4 (registry code 05633CS, https://openairdocs.org/model/schafer-rick-w-foxtrot-4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540-K1F5 (registry code 41672, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-k1f5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: SCHAFER RICK W FOXTROT 4
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-540-K1F5
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140801013449I

## Narrative

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

08/01/2014, N729AR, FOXTROT 4, A KIT BUILT COMPOSIT, LOW WING, FIXED GEAR AIRCRAFT AT AIRVENTURE OSHKOSH WISCONSIN SUSTAINED A PARTIALLY COLLASPED LEFT LANDING GEAR LEG AFTER LANDING ON RUNWAY 27 AND TAXIING BACK TO THE DISPLAY AREA ON THE PARALLEL GRASS TAXIWAY.  INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE USE OF IMPROPER HARDWARE DURING THE ASSEMBLY OF THE GEAR TO THE FUSELAGE STRUCTURE.

THE KIT MANUFACTURER'S PERSONNEL INSTALLED THE GEAR CORRECTLY AND MADE A MINOR FIBERGLASS REPAIR TO THE FUSELAGE BELLY.  NO OTHER DAMAGE TO THE AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N729AR (1)

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

- [Accident 20140831017809A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140831017809A), Aug 31, 2014: Schafer Rick W FOXTROT 4 (N729AR), Abilene, TX, Destroyed, 2 fatal. On August 31, 2014, at approximately 1833 CDT, a foxtrot-4 kit built bearing registration number N729AR, departed runway 17R at Abilene Regional (kabi). After…

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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