# Accident 20230729009792A: Steve P Peltekian ROTORWAY 162F, Oshkosh, WI, July 29, 2023

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 29, 2023, 12:26 local time
- Place: Oshkosh, WI
- Airport: Oshkosh
- Damage: Destroyed
- Collision: Midair collision
- Phase of flight: Landing: Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.9637° N, 88.5597° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.9637&lon=-88.5597&mi=10
- Aircraft: N193AZ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N193AZ-2024-06-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Steve P Peltekian ROTORWAY 162F (registry code 05631RP, https://openairdocs.org/model/steve-p-peltekian-rotorway-162f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotorway RI-162F (registry code 55007, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotorway-ri-162f) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: STEVE P PELTEKIAN ROTORWAY 162F
- Reported engine: ROTORWAY RI 162F
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN23FA333](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23FA333) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230729009792A

## Narrative

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

OSHKOSH, WI (OSH): DURING LIGHT SPORT AIRCRAFT FLIGHT ACTIVITIES AT THE EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT ASSOCIATION (EAA) ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ EVENT, THE ROTORWAY HELICOPTER WAS STRUCK BY AN ECLIPSE 10 GYROCOPTER WHILE OPERATING IN THE ULTRALIGHT AREA ON THE SOUTHWEST SIDE OF RUNWAY 36.

POB: 2, INJURIES: BOTH FATAL, DAMAGE: AIRCRAFT DESTROYED. 07/29/2023 1830Z

THE ROTORWAY HELICOPTER LOST POWER ON IMPACT AND PLUMMETED FROM APPROXIMATELY 250 FEET. IT STRUCK THE GROUND IN A NOSE-DOWN ATTITUDE AND CAME TO REST INVERTED IN A DRAINAGE DITCH SOUTH OF A PUBLIC ROADWAY ON THE EAA GROUNDS. A POST-CRASH FIRE ENSUED FOLLOWING THE IMPACT AND CONSUMED THE CABIN OF THE AIRCRAFT. BOTH OCCUPANTS SUSTAINED FATAL INJURIES.

REFERENCE: INCIDENT REPORT NUMBER A-GL-13-23-023 FOR DETAILS REGARDING THE OTHER AIRCRAFT INVOLVED IN THIS MIDAIR COLLISION.

NOTE: A MOONEY M20F SERIAL NO. 670015 AIRCRAFT PARKED ON THE GROUND WITH NO OCCUPANTS AND NO INTENT TO FLY INCURRED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE DUE TO IMPACT FROM THE GYROCOPTER FOLLOWING THE MIDAIR COLLISION.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N221EL, Camilio Saiz Jr ELA ECLIPSE 10: [Accident 20230729009802A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230729009802A)

## 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 CEN23FA333](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN23FA333), Jul 29, 2023: Rotorway 162F (N193AZ), Oshkosh, WI, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The failure of the gyroplane pilot to see and avoid the helicopter while maneuvering in the traffic pattern. Contributing to the accident was the gyroplane pilot’s performance of a prohibited…

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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