- Date
- August 5, 1987, 14:05 local (19:05 UTC)
- Place
- Oshkosh, WI
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N76249Cessna 120
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 7, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870805043389A
- Case key
- 13651
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt was taxiing out of the antique/classic camping area at Oshkosh with the assistance of wing walkers when he stopped to permit the pax (his wife) to perform an errand. The pax deplaned & went under the outer 1/3 of the wing strut, then walked back into the path of the idling prop. Her left forearm was nearly severed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N76249
- Reported as
- Cessna 120
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 10654
- Airframe hours
- 1,625
- Engine
- Continental C-85-12, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- John J. Sonday
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 24, 1986 · 25 hours before
- Destination
- 3AR · Lafayette, IN
- Airport
- OSH · Wittman Field
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
- 43
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 10,100 total · 35 in this make and model · 80 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 70° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 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.