# Accident 19750811026019A: Boeing A75N1, Portage, WI, August 11, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 11, 1975
- Place: Portage, WI
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- 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: N55891, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N55891-2012-09-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing A75N1(PT17) (registry code 1380134, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-a75n1-pt17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney R-985 series (registry code 52008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-r-985-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING A75N1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 605 total, 198 in this make and model, 264 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI76DEP13](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI76DEP13) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750811026019A

## Narrative

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

LOW RUN TO SURVEY THE AREA.20 FLT HRS RECORDED DAY OF ACDT.

## 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 CHI76DEP13](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI76DEP13), Aug 11, 1975: Stearman A75N1 (N55891), Portage, WI, destroyed

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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