# Accident 19780522013839A: Piper PA28180, Portage,Wi, WI, May 22, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 22, 1978
- Place: Portage,Wi, WI
- Airport: Portage Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- 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: N9436J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9436J-1979-07-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-28-180 (registry code 7102808, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-28-180) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA28180
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 75 total, 8 in this make and model, 42 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI78FEP36](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI78FEP36) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780522013839A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## 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 CHI78FEP36](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI78FEP36), May 22, 1978: Piper PA-28 (N9436J), 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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