# NTSB CEN10CA421: Nord 3202, N2256Y, Oshkosh, WI, July 19, 2010

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Data collection · Final report
- Date: July 19, 2010, 11:33 local (16:33 UTC)
- Place: Oshkosh, WI
- Coordinates: 43.984165, -88.556945 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.9842&lon=-88.5569&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Abrupt maneuver](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/270)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 20, 2010
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Parties: FAA Milwaukee FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 76715
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN10CA421
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/76715/pdf
- NTSB docket: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=76715
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN10CA421

## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll.

## Findings

NTSB's coded findings; those marked are part of the probable cause.

- [Performance/control parameters: directional control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020): Aircraft › Aircraft oper/perf/capability · Not attained/maintained (probable cause); cases with it: [Nord 3202, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md?model=6383202), [All aircraft, 3,958 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/01062020/cases.md)
- [Use of equip/info: aircraft control](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040): Personnel issues › Task performance · Pilot (probable cause); cases with it: [Nord 3202, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md?model=6383202), [All aircraft, 9,295 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-findings/02063040/cases.md)

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Landing-landing roll: Abrupt maneuver](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/270) (defining event); cases with it: [Nord 3202, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/270/sequence.md?model=6383202), [All aircraft, 346 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/270/sequence.md)
- [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230); cases with it: [Nord 3202, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md?model=6383202), [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md)
- [Landing-landing roll: Landing gear collapse](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094); cases with it: [Nord 3202, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094/sequence.md?model=6383202), [All aircraft, 1,787 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/094/sequence.md)

## Analysis

The pilot reported that he was going too fast when he applied the brakes in order to make a turnoff. The airplane veered off the runway and the landing gear collapsed when the airplane ground-looped in the soft field.

## Factual narrative

The pilot reported that he was going to fast when he applied the brakes in order to make a turnoff. The airplane veered off the runway and the landing gear collapsed when the airplane ground looped in the soft field.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N2256Y](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2256Y-2014-09-16), registration cancelled 2014-09-16, S/N 98, built 1961 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: NORD 3202
- Registry model: [Nord 3202](https://openairdocs.org/model/nord-3202) (registry code 6383202) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG](https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (registry code 99999) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 98
- Engines: Potez 4D34D 260 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Operator: Schommer David L
- Registered owner: Schommer David L
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed: OCQ, Oconto, WI
- Destination: OSH, Oshkosh, WI
- Airport: OSH, Wittman Regional Airport, runway 18, 8,002 × 150 ft, asphalt

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 66; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3; flight hours: 1,776 total, 960 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 180° at 5 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 72 °F

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 20100719038719A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20100719038719A), Jul 19, 2010: Nord 3202, Oshkosh, WI, Substantial damage. N2256Y was rolling out after landing on runway 18 when it ground looped near the papa-2 taxiway intersection. The pilot stated that he wanted to make papa-2…

## Docket (1 files)

The files NTSB released with the investigation on September 8, 2010, on NTSB's docket system: https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=76715. 943 KB in all.

- Pilot/Operator Aircraft Accident Report, NTSB Form 6120.1 (item 1, .PDF, 943 KB): https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket/Document/docBLOB?ID=40335298&FileExtension=.PDF&FileName=Pilot%2FOperator%20Aircraft%20Accident%20Report,%20NTSB%20Form%206120.1-Redacted.PDF

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.

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