# Incident 20250721011692I: Piper PA-24-260, Oshkosh, WI, July 21, 2025

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 21, 2025, 17:10 local time
- Place: Oshkosh, WI
- Airport: Wittman Regional
- Damage: Minor damage
- Collision: Collision on the ground
- 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: N9285P, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N9285P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-24-260 (registry code 7102406, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-24-260) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540-D4A5 (registry code 41798, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-d4a5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-24-260
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-540-D4A5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 1,100 total, 800 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250721011692I

## Narrative

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

ON 7/21/2025 AT EAA ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ EVENT IN OSHKOSH, WI, AT APPROXIMATELY 1710 CDT, THE PILOT HAD JUST LANDED AND WAS TAXIING BETWEEN TWO ROWS OF AIRPLANES AT THE VINTAGE AIRCRAFT ASSOCIATION AIRCRAFT PARKING/ CAMPING AREA.

THE RIGHT WING STRUCK THE RUDDER OF AN AIRCRAFT PARKED TO THE NORTH OF THE TAXIWAY, CAUSING DAMAGE. THE LEFT WING THEN CONTACTED THE PROPELLER SPINNER OF A PARKED AIRCRAFT TO THE SOUTH OF THE TAXIWAY. THE PILOT WAS THE SOLE OCCUPANT AND NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N269Y, Piper PA-30: no report for this aircraft; [N269Y](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N269Y) is registered now

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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