- Date
- February 3, 1991, 12:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Osceola, WI
- Injuries
- 7 fatal
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 15, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA reports
- 19910203001471A19910203001472A
- Case key
- 14892
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilots in both aircraft to seeing-and-avoid the other airplane.
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 plts of 2 Cessna 182 acft took off from rwy 10 in formation. One of these, N6384A, had 4 skydivers aboard. After takeoff, the plt of N6384A discontinued formation flt & depd to the se, while the otr Cessna depd NE. At about the same time, a Piper PA-28, N4676R, was apchg the arpt with a dual student & instructor (CFI) aboard. Subsequently, the 2 acft converged & collided about 1-1/2 mi se of the arpt. No known witness saw the collision; the altitude & headings of the acft were not verified. During impact, the 2 acft became entangled & they impacted the ground at the same location. An investigation revealed evidence that the high wing Cessna & the low wing PA-28 converged laterally, while on flt paths that angled toward each other.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N4676R
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 28-21433
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Timothy Schmeckpeper
- Departed
- AOE · Anoka, MN
- Destination
- OEO
- Airport
- OEO · L.O.Simenstad Muni
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.
- Registration
- N6384A
- Reported as
- Cessna 182
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 33184
- Engine
- Continental O-470-L, 230 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Skydiving · Part 91
- Operator
- Patrick R. Quaschnick
- Registered owner
- Patrick R. Quaschnick
- Departed
- OEO
- Airport
- OEO · L.O.Simenstad Muni, runway 10, 3,800 × 75 ft, asphalt
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 · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft N4676R
- Age
- 32
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 539 total
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft N6384A
- Age
- 41
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 1,200 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 15 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Observed at
- MSP, 34 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 2
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.