# NTSB CHI88FA179: Piper PA-30, N43GS, Oshkosh, WI, July 29, 1988

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: July 29, 1988, 18:53 local (23:53 UTC)
- Place: Oshkosh, WI
- Location: 43.9844° N, 88.5570° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at WITTMAN RGNL (OSH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.9844&lon=-88.5570&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal, 4 uninjured; on the ground: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report March 26, 1990
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 13956
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI88FA179
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/13956/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI88FA179

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- On ground/water collision with object, taxi - from landing
  - communications - inadequate, ground personnel (cause)
  - distance - misjudged, ground personnel (cause)
  - impairment(alcohol), ground personnel (contributing factor)
  - lack of total experience, ground personnel (contributing factor)
  - taxispeed - excessive, pilot in command (cause)
  - object - other person

## Aircraft

- Registration: N43GS (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA-30
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 30-427
- Airframe hours: 3389
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; age 39; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19880729028309A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880729028309A), Jul 29, 1988: Piper PA30, Oshkosh, WI, 1 fatal. Left tip tank hit flagman as plane was taxiing wrong way by request on a taxiway. Flagman was trying to stop plane.

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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