# Accident 19730604015999A: Piper PA25235, Portage, WI, June 4, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 4, 1973
- Place: Portage, WI
- Airport: Cowgill
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Location: 43.5490° N, 89.4659° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Portage, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.5490&lon=-89.4659&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7796Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7796Z-1977-07-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-25-235 (registry code 7102504, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-25-235) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA25235
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,428 total, 1,700 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI73DEP63](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI73DEP63) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730604015999A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

SHORT FLD TKOF,ACFT FLEW OUT OF GND EFFECT THEN SETTLED INTO 2ND ROW OF TREES.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI73DEP63](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI73DEP63), Jun 4, 1973: Piper PA-25 (N7796Z), Portage, WI, substantial damage

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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