# Accident 19730624017869A: Frchld 24R46A, Portage, WI, June 24, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 24, 1973
- Place: Portage, WI
- Airport: Portage
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 43.5603° N, 89.4829° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PORTAGE MUNI (C47), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.5603&lon=-89.4829&mi=10
- Aircraft: N77697, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N77697) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Fairchild 24R-46A (registry code 3370516, https://openairdocs.org/model/fairchild-24r-46a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Fairchild 6-440 series (registry code 26003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/fairchild-6-440-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: FRCHLD 24R46A
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 116 total, 116 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI73FEP67](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI73FEP67) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730624017869A

## Narrative

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

SHALLOW RAVINE.

## 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 CHI73FEP67](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI73FEP67), Jun 24, 1973: Fairchild F-24 (N77697), Portage, WI, substantial damage

## Other reports on N77697 (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20160130008959I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160130008959I), Jan 30, 2016: Fairchild 24R-46A (N77697), Palmyra, WI, Substantial damage. On January 30, 2016 at 1100 CST a Fairchild 24R, N77697, registered to 88 charles inc. and operated by [privacy data omitted] collided with a snow bank during…
- [Accident 19820711026589A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820711026589A), Jul 11, 1982: Frchld 24R46A (N77697), Franklin, WI, Substantial damage. Aircraft stalled on short final and crashed. Fuel drained from aircraft was automotive fuel type color.

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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