What happened
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August 19, 2023, at approximately 1250 CST, a Piper J5A serial number 5-668 was involved in an accident at Central County Airport (68C) in Iola Wisconsin. The pilot was fatally injured, and the aircraft was substantially damaged. The aircraft came to rest nosed over on the north end of a grass unmarked taxi way at a 30 degree heading approximately 400 feet from the tree line at the north end of the taxi way. The grass taxi way was evenly mowed to approximately 2-3 inches. There was not any notable fuel smell at the scene while the aircraft was on its top side. The propeller did not indicate any evidence of power or bends consistent with torsion. The nose cone did not have rotational scoring and there were not any signs of ground scars from normal power propeller strike. The fuel selector was in the left position. The wing struts were bent, and the rudder and vertical stabilizer were damaged from the nose over. There was a ground scar approximately 16 feet from the resting aircraft nose cause by the nose over. Once the aircraft was placed onto its gear flight control continuity was established. Shoulder harnesses were not installed in the aircraft. The weather at the time of the accident kpcz 191755Z 16012G15KT 10SM clr 28/17 A2988 rmk AO2 T02750168 10275 20160 fair.
As the FAA filed it
AUGUST 19, 2023, AT APPROXIMATELY 1250 CST, A PIPER J5A SERIAL NUMBER 5-668 WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT AT CENTRAL COUNTY AIRPORT (68C) IN IOLA WISCONSIN. THE PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED, AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST NOSED OVER ON THE NORTH END OF A GRASS UNMARKED TAXI WAY AT A 30 DEGREE HEADING APPROXIMATELY 400 FEET FROM THE TREE LINE AT THE NORTH END OF THE TAXI WAY. THE GRASS TAXI WAY WAS EVENLY MOWED TO APPROXIMATELY 2-3 INCHES. THERE WAS NOT ANY NOTABLE FUEL SMELL AT THE SCENE WHILE THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON ITS TOP SIDE. THE PROPELLER DID NOT INDICATE ANY EVIDENCE OF POWER OR BENDS CONSISTENT WITH TORSION. THE NOSE CONE DID NOT HAVE ROTATIONAL SCORING AND THERE WERE NOT ANY SIGNS OF GROUND SCARS FROM NORMAL POWER PROPELLER STRIKE. THE FUEL SELECTOR WAS IN THE LEFT POSITION. THE WING STRUTS WERE BENT, AND THE RUDDER AND VERTICAL STABILIZER WERE DAMAGED FROM THE NOSE OVER. THERE WAS A GROUND SCAR APPROXIMATELY 16 FEET FROM THE RESTING AIRCRAFT NOSE CAUSE BY THE NOSE OVER. ONCE THE AIRCRAFT WAS PLACED ONTO ITS GEAR FLIGHT CONTROL CONTINUITY WAS ESTABLISHED. SHOULDER HARNESSES WERE NOT INSTALLED IN THE AIRCRAFT. THE WEATHER AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT KPCZ 191755Z 16012G15KT 10SM CLR 28/17 A2988 RMK AO2 T02750168 10275 20160 FAIR.
NTSB investigation
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