ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 168176
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| Date: | Thursday 31 July 2014 |
| Time: | 08:57 |
| Type: |  RLU-1 Breezy |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N3AZ |
| MSN: | JD1 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1998 |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-235-C1 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Oshkosh-Wittman Regional Airport, WI (KOSH) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Oshkosh-Wittman Regional Airport, WI (OSH) |
| Oshkosh-Wittman Regional Airport, WI (OSH) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The accident pilot flew a passenger on a 10-minute flight during the Experimental Aircraft Association Airventure Oshkosh 2014. During landing, the pilot lost airplane control and subsequently struck a parked ground vehicle. A pilot in another airplane that had been cleared to land reported that he saw two airplanes in front of his airplane: a light-colored high-wing airplane that was turning from the right base to the final leg of the traffic pattern, and a high-wing airplane, which was the accident airplane, directly in front of him on the right downwind leg. The pilot of the trailing airplane stated that the air traffic controller was providing instructions to the pilots of the other two airplanes simultaneously and that it appeared that the controller was concerned about the spacing between the two airplanes ahead of him and the fact that his airplane was a faster airplane than the other two airplanes. The pilot heard the controller tell the accident airplane pilot while he was on short final to "pick it up a bit" and inform hit that a faster airplane was behind him. The accident airplane touched down and then become airborne again, and the controller subsequently stated to the accident pilot that “he could set it down.” The airplane landed again and veered left on the runway. The pilot appeared to correct the airplane’s ground track back on the centerline for a short time before the airplane veered right off the runway and onto the grass. The airplane then became airborne again and was in a nose-high, right-wing-low attitude; the pilot was likely attempting to clear a row of vehicles parked in the grass outside of the safety area. However, the airplane’s tail hit one of the vehicles, and a small ground fire ensued. The pilot of the trailing airplane did not see any debris on the runway nor anything fall off the accident airplane before it hit the parked vehicle, and no debris or separated parts were found on the runway. An examination of the wreckage did not reveal any preimpact anomalies that would have precluded normal operation.
The tower communications were consistent with the air traffic controller simultaneously coordinating the landing of three airplanes on the same runway. Photographs revealed that, after the accident airplane landed behind the first airplane, the separation between the two airplanes decreased before the accident airplane exited the runway. It is likely that after the accident pilot landed the airplane, he observed that the separation between his airplane and the airplane ahead of him was decreasing, which led to his loss of airplane control.
Probable Cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain airplane control during landing while the air traffic controller was simultaneously coordinating the landing of three airplanes on the same runway, which resulted in the airplane exiting the runway and impacting a parked ground vehicle.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
https://flightaware.com/photos/view/267142-624d2596b0b56c9af065f1e52621fed4decc31f3%3Bsize=full/aircraft/N3AZ/sort/votes/page/1
Location
Images:
Photo: NTSB
Media:
@NYCAviation rt @CFIStew: Large fire suddenly by the runway OSH14 looks like some vehicles are engulfed pic.twitter.com/eT6ai4Flpo
— Damon Favor (@PilotDamon) July 31, 2014
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 31-Jul-2014 14:36 | Basul | Added |
| 31-Jul-2014 14:37 | harro | Updated [Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 31-Jul-2014 14:48 | harro | Updated [Embed code] |
| 31-Jul-2014 14:52 | Basul | Updated [Total occupants, Embed code, Damage, Narrative] |
| 31-Jul-2014 14:54 | harro | Updated [Embed code] |
| 31-Jul-2014 15:12 | Basul | Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Phase, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 31-Jul-2014 15:21 | harro | Updated [Narrative] |
| 31-Jul-2014 15:57 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 31-Jul-2014 15:59 | harro | Updated [Total fatalities, Narrative] |
| 31-Jul-2014 16:48 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Aug-2014 01:28 | Geno | Updated [Total fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Aug-2014 06:17 | Anon. | Updated [Total fatalities] |
| 01-Aug-2014 13:31 | Anon. | Updated [Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 01-Aug-2014 16:58 | aeronaut | Updated [Registration, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Aug-2014 17:28 | Geno | Updated [Cn, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Aug-2014 06:35 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 08-Aug-2014 01:11 | Geno | Updated [Time, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 02-Nov-2014 07:43 | Anon. | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:28 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 30-Nov-2017 18:52 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 15-May-2022 20:36 | Captain Adam | Updated [Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, Photo] |
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