- Date
- August 5, 1982, 14:25 local (19:25 UTC)
- Place
- Milwaukee, WI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N59YBreezy RLU1
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 5, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820805034609A
- Case key
- 71715
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot stated that he got a weather briefing before departing oshkosh, WI. While en route, he encountered fog and rain. The pilot attempted to continue to find timmerman or rainbow airport. The engine lost power due to fuel exhaustion. While landing on a boulevard, the aircraft touched down on the roof of a moving automobile and broke its rear window. This light weight aircraft does not have an enclosed cockpit.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N59Y
- Reported as
- Breezy RLU1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- RLU15537
- Engine
- Continental C90, 45 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Earl Vieaux
- Registered owner
- Earl Vieaux
- Departed
- Oshkosh, WI
- Destination
- Hartford, 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
- 56
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 2,250 total · 90 in this make and model · 1,800 as pilot in command · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.