- Date
- August 2, 1992, 11:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Oshkosh, WI
- Injuries
- 2 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6515Stitts SA-11A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920802028509A
- Case key
- 15503
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain control of the homebuilt airplane during the landing. A related factor was the pilot's improper planned approach.
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 reported: 'as I was touching down, I realized that I was on the west taxiway that runs parallel to runway 36/18. I immediately tried to correct my error and attempted to get onto the runway. I was too low and actually had touched down on the taxiway. I lost control and then skidded onto the grass between the taxiway and runway.' There was a sightseeing airplane parked on the taxiway with the engines running. Passengers were boarding that airplane.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6515
- Reported as
- Stitts SA-11A
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- HCB-1
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Balcer, Henry C.
- Registered owner
- Balcer, Henry C.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 1, 1992 · 11 hours before
- Airport
- OSH · Oshkosh-Wittman Field, runway 18, 8,001 × 150 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
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 65
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,329 total · 1,166 in this make and model · 1,294 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 12 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- OSH, 1 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.