Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Wittman Field Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Oshkosh, Wisconsin 53901
Monday, July 31, 1989 16:25 CDT
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
DRG AN ANNUAL EXPERIMENTAL ACFT ASSOC (EAA) FLY-IN, A PARADE-OF-FLT DEMONSTRATION (DEMO) WAS STARTED, INVOLVING ANTIQUE & CLASSIC ACFT. AIR TRAFFIC CTL (ATC) RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE OPN WAS ASSUMED BY EAA, IAW A CERT OF WAIVER TO 14 CFR 91. THE DEMO BGN BY LINING UP ACFT NR RWY 36 TO TKOF IN SEQUENCE. WHEN SIGNALED, EACH PLT WOULD TAKE OFF, FLY A PATTERN, THEN LND ON A GRASS STRIP BESIDE RWY 36 & BE DRCTD TO THE PARKING AREA. AFTER A PATTERN & LNDG, THE PLT OF PIPER E-2, N2414, APCHD RWY 36 (1800' FM THE RWY THRESHOLD) AS HE WAS TAXIING TO PARK. AT THE APRX SAME TIME, A RYAN PT-22, N54403,WAS BEING PREPARED FOR TAKEOFF. AN OFFICIAL (FLAGMAN) MOTIONED FOR THE E-2 TO CROSS THE RWY, BUT IT WASN'T EQUIPPED WITHBRAKES, SO THE PLT TAXIED SLOWLY. THE FLAGMAN MOTIONED FOR THE E-2 PLT TO EXPEDITE, BUT THE PLT CONTD TO TAXI SLOWLY TO AVOID ACFT AHEAD. MEANWHILE, THE PT-22 PLT BGN TAKING OFF & DID NOT SEE THE E-2 AHEAD. SHORTLY AFTER LIFT-OFF, THE PT-22HIT THE E-2, DAMAGING BOTH ACFT. THE E-2 PLT SAW THE PT-22, MOMENTS BFR IMPACT.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
THE EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT ASSOCIATION'S (EAA'S) INADEQUATE PROCEDURE FOR PROVIDING CONTROL AND SEPARATION OF AIRCRAFT, ITS INADEQUATE SURVEILLANCE OF THE OPERATION, AND INADEQUATE COORDINATION BY GROUND PERSONNEL. RELATED FACTORS WERE: THE GROUND PERSONNEL'S LACK OF EXPERIENCE IN THE TYPE OF OPERATION, AND THE PRESENCE OF OTHER AIRCRAFT.
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 7/31/1989 |
| Event Day of the Week | Monday |
| Time of Event | 1625 |
| Event Time Zone | Central Daylight Time |
| Event City | OSHKOSH |
| Event State | WISCONSIN |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 53901 |
| Event Date Year | 1989 |
| Event Date Month | 7 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | Yes |
| Event Location Latitude | |
| Event Location Longitude | |
| Event Location Airport | WITTMAN FIELD |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | OSH |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | On Airport |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | 0 |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | 0 |
| Airport Elevation | 808 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | Unknown |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 1625 Central Daylight Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 345 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | OSH |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 808 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 1 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | CDT |
| Lighting Conditions | Day |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | 15000 |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | 6000 |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Scattered |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | Broken |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | 0 |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | 0 |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 5 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 26 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 16 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 60 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 5 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Not Gusting |
| Wind Gust (knots) | 0 |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 30 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | -- |
| Intensity of Precipitation | Unknown |
| METAR weather report | -- |
| Event Highest Injury | Minor |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | 0 |
| Injury Total Fatal | -- |
| Injury Total Minor | 1 |
| Injury Total None | 1 |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | 1 |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 792 |
| NTSB Notification Source | -- |
| NTSB Notification Date | Jul 31 1989 12:00AM |
| NTSB Notification Time | 1635 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | 40291 |
| Date of most recent change to record | Apr 7 2001 12:43PM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
Aircraft #2 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N54403 | N2414 |
| NTSB Number | CHI89FA154A | CHI89FA154B |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | N | N |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | None | None |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | -- | -- |
| Damage | Substantial | Destroyed |
| Aircraft Fire | None | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | RYAN | PIPER |
| Aircraft Model | PT-22 | E-2 |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | PT-22 | E-2 |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 1387 | 64 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 1885 | 970 |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil | U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | -- | -- |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- | -- |
| Passenger Seats | -- | -- |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | 2 | 2 |
| Number of Engines | 1 | 1 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Fixed | Fixed |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | Annual | Annual |
| Date of Last Inspection | Jun 23 1989 12:00AM | Jan 22 1989 12:00AM |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | 16 | 13 |
| Airframe Hours | 3936 | 729 |
| ELT Installed | Yes | No |
| ELT Activated | Yes | No |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | No | No |
| ELT Type | -- | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | ROSE, BILL | SLEZNIKOW, LARRY |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | 15 WEST MUNDAHNK | RT 3 |
| Aircraft Owner City | BARRINGTON | GREENWOOD |
| Aircraft Owner State | IL | WI |
| Aircraft Owner Country | ||
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 60010 | 54437 |
| Operator is an individual? | -- | -- |
| Operator Name | ||
| Operator Same as Owner? | Yes | Yes |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | Yes | Yes |
| Operator Street Address | ||
| Operator City | ||
| Operator State | ||
| Operator Country | ||
| Operator Zip code | ||
| Operator Code | ||
| Owner has at least one certificate | None | None |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | No | No |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | Unknown | Unknown |
| Operator Certificate Number | -- | -- |
| Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not | -- | -- |
| Indicates Domestic or International Flight | -- | -- |
| Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | -- | -- |
| Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | Unknown | Unknown |
| Second Pilot on Board | No | No |
| Departure Point Same as Event | Yes | Yes |
| Departure Airport Code | OSH | OSH |
| Departure City | ||
| Departure State | ||
| Departure Country | ||
| Departure Time | 1625 | 1610 |
| Departure Time Zone | CDT | CDT |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | dest & departure same, accident can occur anywhere | dest & departure same, accident can occur anywhere |
| Destination Airport Code | OSH | OSH |
| Destination City | ||
| Destination State | ||
| Destination Country | ||
| Specific Phase of Flight | Takeoff | Taxi |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jan 2 2001 10:35AM | Jan 2 2001 10:35AM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo | dbo |
| Since inspection or accident | -- | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 36L | 36L |
| Runway Length | 8001 | 8001 |
| Runway Width | 150 | 150 |
| Sight Seeing flight | No | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No | No |
| Medical Flight | -- | -- |