Six people have been transported to local hospitals after a plane caught fire at EAA AirVenture grounds in Oshkosh.
ThedaCare says they are treating three male patients from the crash–one person is critical and the other two are in fair condition, according to a spokesperson with ThedaCare. One of the patients was airlifted from the scene.
Mercy Medical Center in Oshkosh says they are treating three patients from the scene. All three people are listed in good condition, according to the hospital.
Two of Mercy’s patients were on board the plane. Another patient who was not on the plane was injured at the scene.
Thick, black smoke could be seen coming from the area of Runway 27 at Wittman Regional Airport where the Piper Malibu made a hard landing and caught fire about 7:45 a.m.
Four people were able to escape the plane, but a fifth person had to be rescued.
“Fortunately Oshkosh Fire Department has a permanent facility right here on the airport ground. They were there in probably about a minute and extracted that one individual,” said Dick Knapinski, Director of Communications for EAA AirVenture.
The east/west runway where the crash happened is still closed at this time. The north/south runway reopened about 10:30 a.m.
Smoke rising above the grounds of EAA AirVenture on our Oshkosh SkyCam.
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| Date: | 22-JUL-2015 |
| Time: | 07:45 |
| Type: |  Piper PA-46-310P Malibu |
| Owner/operator: | DLM Holding Group LLC |
| Registration: | N4BP |
| C/n / msn: | 46-8408065 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Wittman Regional Airport (KOSH), Oshkosh, WI -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | |
| Wittman Rgnl (KOSH) |
The aircraft impacted airport terrain while maneuvering during a landing attempt at Wittman Regional Airport (KOSH), Oshkosh, Wisconsin. A post impact fire ensued with the airplane sustaining substantial damage. The five occupants onboard the aircraft were injured, at least one seriously. One individual on the ground received undetermined injuries.
Sources:
http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=178029 http://www.thenorthwestern.com/story/news/local/oshkosh/airventure/2015/07/22/wittman-airport-closed-emergency/30506389/?from=global&sessionKey=&autologin=#
http://wbay.com/2015/07/22/wittman-regional-airport-closed-after-runway-incident/
http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=4BP
http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/photo/001039392.html
https://flightaware.com/photos/view/148091-4586e2882bde3a4ab4ff16fe0eefef5c127f361a/aircrafttype/PA46