20250720012579A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Smith Glenn W VENTURE · Oshkosh, WI · July 20, 2025

Date
July 20, 2025 · 15:45 local
Place
Oshkosh, WI
Airport
Wittman Regional
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N53TL
NTSB investigation
NTSBCEN25LA265
Reported as
Smith Glenn W Venture
Reported engine
Continental IO-550-G
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
653 in this make and model30 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.

On July 20, 2025, at 1545 CST a quest air Venture, privacy data omitted landed at Oshkosh WI (osh) and the nose landing gear folded up towards the gear well after touchdown on runway 9. The aircraft skidded down the runway and came to a stop on the runway with the main landing gear extended and nose landing gear folded back towards the gear well. The pilot and passenger had no injuries. The aircraft was being operated as a personal flight under 14 CFR part 91 when the accident occurred. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time.

As the FAA filed it

ON JULY 20, 2025, AT 1545 CST A QUEST AIR VENTURE, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ LANDED AT OSHKOSH WI (OSH) AND THE NOSE LANDING GEAR FOLDED UP TOWARDS THE GEAR WELL AFTER TOUCHDOWN ON RUNWAY 9. THE AIRCRAFT SKIDDED DOWN THE RUNWAY AND CAME TO A STOP ON THE RUNWAY WITH THE MAIN LANDING GEAR EXTENDED AND NOSE LANDING GEAR FOLDED BACK TOWARDS THE GEAR WELL. THE PILOT AND PASSENGER HAD NO INJURIES. THE AIRCRAFT WAS BEING OPERATED AS A PERSONAL FLIGHT UNDER 14 CFR PART 91 WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.