- Date
- July 28, 2022, 09:20 local (14:20 UTC)
- Place
- Oshkosh, WI · txy P1 at P
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Defining events
- Taxi-to runway: Ground collisionTaxi-to runway: Ground collision
- 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 Flight Standards
- FAA report
- 20220728013251A
- Case key
- 105623
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Probable cause
The failure of the pilot of N694V (RV-8) to maintain clearance from the preceding airplane, N79KM (RV-4), while taxiing for takeoff, which resulted in an on-ground collision.
Findings · 5
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.
N79KM · Meschler Gary R RV-4
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.
N79KM · Meschler Gary R RV-4
N694V · Hollier B C Vans RV-8
Analysis
The pilot of N694V, a tailwheel equipped RV-8, reported that he was taxiing for a visual flight rules (VFR) departure with the intention of conducting a flight in the local area. He was taxiing under the direction of ground marshals in accordance with procedures in effect for the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) AirVenture 2022 fly-in. He was briefly “blinded” by the sun reflecting off the polished wing skin of another airplane and began a shallow S-turn to compensate. As he looked over the left side of his engine cowling, he noticed an airplane emerge from the blind spot. He applied full brakes but was unable to stop before the propeller contacted the empennage of an RV-4, N79KM. The pilot of N79KM, a tailwheel equipped RV-4, reported that he was stopped due to other airplanes in front of him on the taxiway. The RV-4, N79KM, sustained substantial damage to the vertical stabilizer, rudder, and elevator. The RV-8, N694V, sustained minor damage to both propeller blades. The pilots of both airplanes reported no failures or malfunctions with their respective airplanes before the accident.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N79KM
- Reported as
- Meschler Gary R RV-4
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 1750
- Built
- 1998
- Airframe hours
- 778
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290-D, 125 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Condition · March 16, 2022 · 78 hours before
- Departed
- OSH · Oshkosh, WI
- Destination
- DCU · Decatur, AL
- Airport
- OSH · Wittman Regional, runway 18, 8,002 × 150 ft, concrete
- Equipment
- Electronic primary flight display, Handheld GPS, Onboard weather, ADS-B, Angle of attack indicator, Electronic multifunction display, Electronic flight bag or handheld device
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.
- Registration
- N694V
- Reported as
- Hollier B C Vans RV-8
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 80694
- Built
- 2003
- Airframe hours
- 795
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A1A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Condition · July 8, 2022 · 28 hours before
- Departed
- OSH · Oshkosh, WI
- Destination
- OSH · Oshkosh, WI
- Equipment
- ADS-B, Auto-pilot, Angle of attack indicator
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 · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft N79KM
- Age
- 60
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- February 2, 2021
- Seat
- Front
- Restraint
- 4-point
- Flight hours
- 298 total · 188 in this make and model · 195 as pilot in command · 55 in the last 90 days · 23 in the last 30 days · 0 in the last 24 hours
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft N694V
- Age
- 29
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, With waivers/limitations
- Last flight review
- March 20, 2021
- Seat
- Front
- Restraint
- 4-point
- Flight hours
- 348 total · 200 in this make and model · 279 as pilot in command · 54 in the last 90 days · 27 in the last 30 days · 0 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 11 knots, gusting 20
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.86 inHg
- Observed at
- KOSH
- METAR
- METAR KOSH 281453Z 29011G20KT 10SM CLR 21/12 A2986
Docket · 4
The files NTSB released with the investigation on August 12, 2022, on NTSB’s docket system: statements, records, photos and specialists’ reports. 25.2 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.