# NTSB CEN25LA265: Questair Venture, N53TL, Oshkosh, WI, July 20, 2025

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Class 3 · Limited · Preliminary report
- Date: July 20, 2025, 15:45 local (20:45 UTC)
- Place: Oshkosh, WI
- Coordinates: 43.990956, -88.560394
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.9910&lon=-88.5604&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-flare/touchdown: Landing gear not configured](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/095)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Investigation ongoing
- Investigation class: Class 3
- NTSB office: Central Region
- Parties: FAA FSDO
- NTSB case key (mKey): 200590
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CEN25LA265
- NTSB preliminary report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/200590/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN25LA265

## Preliminary report

On July 20, 2025, about 1545 central daylight time, a Questair Venture airplane, N53TL, sustained substantial damage when it was involved in an accident at Oshkosh, Wisconsin. The pilot and passenger were not injured. The airplane was operated under the provisions of Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91. According to the pilot, he extended his landing gear over Fisk during the approach to the airport. The pilot confirmed that he had three green lights illuminated on his instrument panel and he continued the approach. During the landing flare to runway 9, the airplane touched down on both main landing gear. As the nose of the airplane came down, the propeller struck the runway; the airplane slid for several feet before it came to rest on its nose. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the engine mounts. A postaccident assessment revealed that the nose landing gear was not extended at the time of landing. During the recovery, the pilot attempted to extend the nose landing gear; however, the nose landing gear would not extend. The circuit breaker for the nose landing gear motor was popped. The pilot reset the circuit breaker and attempted to extend the nose landing gear a second time. The nose landing gear extended and locked in place. The airplane was recovered to a secure hangar for further examination.

## Sequence of events

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

- [Landing-flare/touchdown: Landing gear not configured](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/095) (defining event); cases with it: [Smith Glenn W VENTURE, 1 case](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/095/sequence.md?model=05607JG), [All aircraft, 584 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/095/sequence.md)

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N53TL](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N53TL), registered now, S/N 88, built 2007 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: QUESTAIR VENTURE
- Registry model: [Smith Glenn W VENTURE](https://openairdocs.org/model/smith-glenn-w-venture) (registry code 05607JG) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental IO-550-G](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-550-g) (registry code 17213, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 88
- Year built: 2007
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed: KMSN, Madison, WI
- Destination: KOSH, Oshkosh, WI
- Airport: OSH

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: variable at 3 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 24 °F, dew point 14 °F
- Altimeter: 30.03 inHg
- Observed at: KOSH

## 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 20250720012579A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20250720012579A), Jul 20, 2025: Smith Glenn W VENTURE, Oshkosh, WI, Substantial damage. 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…

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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