# Accident 19780818027429A: Beech C23, Portage, WI, August 18, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 18, 1978
- Place: Portage, WI
- Airport: Portage Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- 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: N18952, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N18952-1982-01-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Beech C23 (registry code 1151242, https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-c23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH C23
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 143 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI78FEP61](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI78FEP61) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780818027429A

## Narrative

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

OBSERVED FLYING AT LESS THAN 100FT.

## 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 CHI78FEP61](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI78FEP61), Aug 18, 1978: Beech C23 (N18952), Portage, WI, destroyed, 2 fatal

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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