- Date
- July 24, 2005, 12:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Oshkosh, WI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N619BSSimmons GP-4
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 27, 2005
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Milwaukee, WI FSDO
- FAA report
- 20050724024529A
- Case key
- 62055
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed sufficient enough to compensate for the gusty crosswind condition and prevent a stall during the landing flare. A factor associated with the accident was the gusting crosswind condition.
Sequence of events
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Analysis
The airplane collided with the runway following a loss of control while landing. The accident occurred as the pilot was arriving at EAA AirVenture 2005. The pilot reported he made a low turn onto final approach, possibly encountered a wind gust, and the airplane stalled. The pilot reported the winds as being from 270 degrees at 11 knots, gusting to 20 knots. The winds reported at the airport 7 minutes prior to the accident were from 250 degrees at 11 knots, gusting to 15 knots.
Factual narrative
On July 24, 2005, at 1200 central daylight time, an amateur built Simmons GP-4, N619BS, collided with the runway following a loss of control while landing on runway 18 (8,002 feet by 150 feet, asphalt), at Wittman Field (OSH), Oshkosh, Wisconsin. The pilot and passenger were not injured. The airplane was substantially damaged. The 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight was operating in visual meteorological conditions without a flight plan. The last leg of the cross country flight originated from Dayton, Ohio, at 1100 eastern daylight time.
The accident occurred as the pilot was arriving at EAA AirVenture 2005. The pilot reported he made a low turn onto final approach, possibly encountered a wind gust, and the airplane stalled. The pilot reported the winds as being from 270 degrees at 11 knots, gusting to 20 knots.
The winds reported at OSH at 1153 were from 250 degrees at 11 knots, gusting to 15 knots.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N619BS
- Reported as
- Simmons GP-4
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 003
- Airframe hours
- 180
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-A1A6, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- James K. Simmons
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · November 1, 2004
- Departed
- I19 · Dayton, OH
- Destination
- OSH · Oshkosh, WI
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
- 63
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 2,000 total · 180 in this make and model · 1,950 as pilot in command · 18 in the last 90 days · 11 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 11 knots, gusting 15
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 91 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.79 inHg
- Observed at
- OSH
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.