Why Plane Crashes At Oshkosh Every Year

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On my recent flight to Oshkosh in July was great until the tail end of landing on the runway. If you've ever wondered why accidents or crash landing happens on the runway at OSH, well this can give you some clue.
Beginning clip is from AirShowStuff: • 7.5 Hours of Oshkosh -...
In my own experience, on the day of, we were given instructions to land at a particular spot on the runway. Just as Im getting ready to settle the airplane down on the yellow dot as instructed, I was given another instruction to continue flying the airplane down the runway. These types of events are what leads to a crash landing in my opinion.
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[@michaelkim3432]

"RV extend your touchdown past the yellow dot, landing traffic behind you" would've been a more helpful instruction. Glad you handled it Mike!

[@CrustyOldMarine]

I'm a 747-400 Captain, I've been flying for 35 years, have 18,000 hours and have flown about 40 types of A/C ranging from Super Cubs to Jumbos. 500 ft grass strips to 15,000 ft runways all over the world, in very challenging environments and approach/arrivals including warzones. I've NEVER been to Oshkosh and honestly, have never had the desire to go. After watching your video (thanks for sharing) I'm more certain than ever that IF I ever go, I won't be flying in. That whole process is INSANE and is an accident waiting to happen.

[@senecapilot4878]

That is why i landed 30 miles away and drove to osh kosh

[@tome7135]

I was taught that tower must leave a pilot in short final alone until after touchdown unless there's imminent danger. He should have instructed the bonanza to abort. The lowest plane has priority. This is how accidents happen.

[@Elishatheaviator]

Bro, your co-pilot saved you. Helped you calm down and warned you on speed.

[@SimonAmazingClarke]

I think that ATC were incorrect to issue you that instruction at that late stage. They might have been better to get the bonanza to taxi right after landing. Let you land then taxi left. An instruction at 100 feet for a GA pilot is just dangerous

[@Richard-ib3kp]

The plane has limitations and the pilot has limitations.. do not exceed either.. Oshkosh is a perfect example where both happen regularly.. thus the accidents. These controllers are assuming a certain skill level of each pilot and frankly that’s unreasonable. The safest scenario would be a briefing that said the pilot could initiate a go around if at any part of the approach he became uncomfortable with the landing profile. Secondly the controllers should not change the landing scenario in mid stream. If you are assigned the yellow dot and can’t make it happen you go around.. or the traffic behind you does. This is a stupid mess which puts too much pressure on unskilled , rusty pilots that can’t make certain things happen and should not be asked to do so. IMHO.

[@dunbar9finger]

I think it would be less confusing if the tower more explicitly mentioned when a communication is meant to repeal a previous command and replace it with a new one rather than merely supplement it. The tonr of voice of the tower really sounded like you were being "corrected" because you were doing it "wrong" when you were landing on the yellow mark. That can add a few seconds of unnecessary confusion at a critical moment. The tower explicitly saying that it's aware of the contradiction and has changed it's mind would help make the pilot more quickly shift mental gears. Even just the insertion of one word, the word "instead", would communicate all of that. "Fly down the runway, *instead*.". It tells the pilot, "No you're not imagining the incompatible nature of the instruction. Don't worry, we know it contradicts. Disregard the old instruction."

[@garrygballard8914]

Once a plane is slowed down for landing, it is very difficult to get the plane flying again. It takes time and power to get it to change to a flying mod. Its lame for the tower to have you do that. If they had a faster plane behind you, they hadn't planed their landings and type of aircraft properly. I would say it was their fault.

[@DanielF601]

Crazy. Throwing a non-standard, potentially confusing order at you right at the most critical moment, with no warning or preparation. If a Human Factors expert got together with a Duty of Care lawyer, those tower guys would get eaten alive. Thanks for posting.

[@bobheide]

We can clearly see the tower is under stress. Getting bumped by a faster plane happens. Then you go back into the pattern. In this case, the tower appears to be forcing several pilots into a difficult position and ridiculing them as they follow the instructions. . Mike is correct to say "Go back to flying your plane". As as far as the guy in the tower goes, Find another job!

[@davidrayburn2260]

I am 70 yrs old now, But I have a story for you. In 1976 me and my cousin ( He was doing the flying ) flew into Oskosk in a 172 back then you would come in from Omro, Wi and circle the gravel pit on the north side of the east runway which we did without any problems. As we were coming down on final and faster airplanes were crowding up around us. When the tower called brown and white Cessna land short we had a BUNCH of other aircraft all around us some above some below and others on both sides. My cousin said he was going to go around but I could see a set of retractable gear just feet above us and told him to get the airplane on the ground as quick as possible because we had one just above us and desending. Long story short, When we touched down, All short, The other aircraft landing all around us scattered like a bunch of cockroaches. I counted 19 other aircraft scurrying ahead, Some going off runway at 45 degree angles and every other way you can imagine. All without a single pileup. The one thing that still stands out in my mind was the long silence from the tower. We haven't flown in to Oshkosh since !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@rkmacdonald]

I’m a CFII and have flown into Oshkosh about 10 times. So, whenever I do a Flight Review, I have the pilot show me spot landings. When hitting a particular spot on the runway, you have to know far more than what is needed for just a successful landing, and it takes practice. I also switch the touchdown spot in short final and teach how to add partial power or introduce a slip to change the glide to a new touchdown point. That sort of practice helps a lot at Oshkosh.

[@Ramiiam]

I saw this landing on that 7 hour Oshkosh video. That's an awkward place in the landing sequence to be told to extend. That airplane was ready to stop flying. My heart would have been pounding for sure! You handled it!

[@steveb7310]

Man, you make such a great point. With all the air traffic at AirVenture, every pilot needs to be even more aware and practice like you said, “military style flying”.

[@bulldogbrower6732]

Glad you included the towers instruction to you to “keep flying down the runway” it was a surprise to you and me too. Interesting instruction, everybody who flys needs to see and hear this. Great posting.

[@kweidhaas57]

That made the hair on the back of my neck stand up. You did a great job dealing with poor ATC communication. Any non standard communication should have been explained better. He made it sound like you were doing something wrong, which you were not. This added to the confusion. It would have been much better to say “RV extend final to the next dot. Traffic behind.”

[@eviegut696]

I used to fly in to Oshkosh with my dad and we were the ones in the v-tail bonanza and alway seemed to be following a stream of Cessna’s. My dad “the pilot “ finally gave up the stress of flying in and we would drive.

[@michaeldenesyk3195]

If anyone wants to know what WWII air traffic control was like, then I think this is it! With all the aircraft flying into Oshkosh, you would think that they would maybe do more reviews of the landing procedures. Great flying.

[@temporarilyoffline]

The opening of the vid I was thinking ATC was really harshing that guy, but was super chill... then you showed it from in the cockpit as you were landing and my pulse is still racing. Stay safe my man!