Flight CTSW N377CT

Summary

On 24 July 2007 at about 15:46 local time, a Flight CTSW registered N377CT was involved in an accident near Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States. 2 people were on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

24 July 2007 at 15:46

Classification

Accident

Location

Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States

Coordinates

43.9844, -88.5569

Aircraft

Flight CTSW

Registration

N377CT

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Chicago/Prospec → Oshkosh

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI07CA228

Nobody was injured.

The pilot's failure to maintain adequate airspeed during landing which resulted in an inadvertent stall and subsequent impact with the ground.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The airplane was damaged during landing. The airplane was landing at the annual Experimental Aviation Administration Airventure fly-in. The pilot reported that he was cleared to land on runway 18R and when he was about 3 feet above the ground the controller advised that he needed to extend to the blue dot. The pilot stated that he reacted and the airplane ballooned up 25 to 30 feet and the airplane stalled. He stated that a "tiny bit" of throttle would have been all that was required to extend to the blue dot and "all would have been well." The pilot reported no mechanical failure or malfunction of the airplane.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.