Aero-News Alert: One Known Fatality In OSH Taxiway Accident
un, 30 Jul '06

ANN REALTIME REPORTING 1400 EDT: Aero-News has learned there is one
confirmed dead in an accident on the ground at Wittman Field Sunday
afternoon, where a Grumman TBM Avenger taxiied into an RV aircraft
ahead of it on the taxiway.

The accident occurred approximately 200 yards northeast of the control
tower at Oshkosh, during the last day of AirVenture 2006 and what is
traditionally the busiest day for departures from Wittman Field.

The EAA reports two people were onboard the Canadian-registered RV,
with the other person sustaining unknown... but apparently
non-life-threatening... injuries. The type of RV is not yet known, nor
is it is clear if the plane had a tandem, or side-by-side, seating
arrangement.

Crews on the scene say the TBM's propeller struck the RV's vertical
stabilizer, and cut into the smaller plane's fuselage.

The NTSB has been called out to investigate the mishap. ANN will have
more on this story as information becomes available.