- Date
- July 24, 2022, 14:20 local (19:20 UTC)
- Place
- Oshkosh, WI
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3946KCessna L-19E
- Defining event
- Landing-flare/touchdown: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- FAA FSDO
- FAA report
- 20220724013099A
- Case key
- 105559
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Probable cause
The pilot’s failure to maintain directional control during the landing roll with a gusty crosswind.
Findings · 3
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot reported that during the first approach to runway 36R, the preceding airplane struggled with the wind, so the pilot aborted the approach and reentered the pattern for another attempt. During the second attempt, he utilized a technique that required flaps extended 10°, left wing down, and right rudder. The left main landing gear touched down first followed by the tailwheel as the pilot used full left aileron to counter the left crosswind. During the landing roll the airplane slid to the right and departed the runway. The airplane impacted a ditch and the main landing gear collapsed, which resulted in substantial damage to the right wing and fuselage. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical failures or malfunctions with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. At the time of the accident the wind was from 300° at 17 knots with gusts to 27 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3946K
- Reported as
- Cessna L-19E
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 24716
- Built
- 1962
- Airframe hours
- 5,117
- Engine
- Continental O-470-15, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 8, 2022
- Departed
- KDKB · Dekalb, IL
- Destination
- Same as departure
- Airport
- OSH · Wittman Rgnl, runway 36R, 6,300 × 50 ft, concrete
- Equipment
- Stall warning system, ADS-B, Electronic flight bag or handheld device, Onboard weather
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 49
- Injuries
- Minor
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Without waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- March 1, 2022
- Seat
- Front
- Restraint
- 4-point
- Flight hours
- 7,800 total · 365 in this make and model · 7,700 as pilot in command · 35 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 17 knots, gusting 27
- Visibility
- 0.5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 59 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.83 inHg
- Observed at
- KOSH
- METAR
- SPECI KOSH 241925Z 30017G27KT 1 1/2SM R36/1200VP6000FT HZ CLR 27/15 A2983 RMK AO2 PK WND 29027/1919 VIS 1/4V5 T02670150
Docket · 2
The files NTSB released with the investigation on November 2, 2022, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 11.5 MB in all.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N3946K · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.