# Accident 20180720011769A: Dehavilland DH112 VENOM, Sheboygan, WI, July 20, 2018

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 20, 2018, 16:04 local time
- Place: Sheboygan, WI
- Airport: Sheboygan County Memorial
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.7608° N, 87.8350° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.7608&lon=-87.8350&mi=10
- Aircraft: N747J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N747J-2018-11-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dehavilland DH112 VENOM (registry code 2800422, https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-dh112-venom) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DEHAVILLAND DH112 VENOM
- Reported engine: DE HAVILLAND GHOST
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,200 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR18FA200](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR18FA200) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20180720011769A

## Narrative

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

ON JULY 20, 2018 AT 1604 CST, AN EXPERIMENTAL EXHIBITION DE HAVILLAND DH 112 VENOM N747J, WAS DESTROYED AFTER TAKEOFF FROM SHEBOYGAN WI.  ON RUNWAY 13. THE AIRCRAFT CLIMBED OUT TO APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET AGL AND LOST POWER. THE AIRCRAFT LANDED .3 MILES SOUTH EAST OF THE AIRPORT INTO A FARM COMPLEX AND STRUCK SEVERAL STRUCTURES PRIOR TO STARTING ON FIRE. IT CAME TO REST NEAR A BARN WHERE A POST CRASH FIRE OCCURRED. THE PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED UNDER 14 CFR PART 91 AND VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.

## 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 WPR18FA200](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR18FA200), Jul 20, 2018: De Havilland DH112 Venom (N747J), Sheboygan, WI, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The airplane's encounter with wake turbulence from the lead airplane in the formation flight, which resulted in a compressor stall and the airplane's subsequent inability to climb.

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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