- Date
- July 29, 1988, 18:53 local (23:53 UTC)
- Place
- Oshkosh, WI
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 4 uninjured; on the ground: 1 fatal
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N43GSPiper PA-30
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 26, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880729028309A
- Case key
- 13956
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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.
On ground/water collision with object
Communications - inadequateCause
Distance - misjudgedCause
Impairment(alcohol)Factor
Lack of total experienceFactor
Taxispeed - excessiveCause
Object - other person
Aircraft
- Registration
- N43GS
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 30-427
- Airframe hours
- 3,389
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-320-B1A, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- J. E. Soucey
- Registered owner
- Soucy, John E.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 7, 1987 · 103 hours before
- Departed
- JEF · Jefferson, MO
- Destination
- OSH · Oshkosh, WI
- Airport
- OSH · Witman Field, runway 27, 6,166 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 39
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 15,500 total · 1,200 in this make and model · 9,000 as pilot in command · 220 in the last 90 days · 77 in the last 30 days · 6 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 91 °F, dew point 64 °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.