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| Date: | Tuesday 27 August 2024 |
| Time: | 17:45 |
| Type: |  Aerocomp VM-1 Esqual |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N151GH |
| MSN: | 51 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2005 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Oshkosh Regional Airport (OSH/KOSH), Oshkosh, WI -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Oshkosh-Wittman Field, WI (OSH/KOSH) |
| Oshkosh-Wittman Field, WI (OSH/KOSH) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot executed two stabilized low approaches without touching down. After touchdown following the third approach, engine power was added, and the wing flaps were retracted. Before the flaps were fully retracted and before rotation speed, the pilot rotated, and the airplane lifted off the runway. The airplane sank back onto the runway with a side load on the left main landing gear. The left axle broke, and the left wheel separated from the airplane and impacted the horizontal stabilizer. The pilot continued the takeoff, and the control tower confirmed there was no left wheel on the airplane. The second pilot landed the airplane on the runway without further incident. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the left side of the fuselage near the attachment point of the left horizontal stabilizer when the wheel impacted the airplane. The pilot reported that there were no mechanical anomalies with the airplane that would have precluded normal operations.
Probable Cause: The pilot’s premature rotation during takeoff which resulted in the airplane settling back to the runway and the subsequent separation of the left wheel.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
https://data.ntsb.gov/Docket?ProjectID=195020
https://www.flightaware.com/live/flight/N151GH/history/20240827/2224Z/KOSH/KOSH
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Photo: FAA
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Sep-2024 19:10 | Captain Adam | Added |
| 08-Sep-2024 16:55 | Anon. | Updated [Category, ] |
| 25-Oct-2024 16:20 | Captain Adam | Updated [Phase, Source, Narrative, Photo, ] |
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