# Accident 19790923036869A: Cessna 150, Porcupine, WI, September 23, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 23, 1979, 17:30 local time
- Place: Porcupine, WI
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.5839° N, 92.0957° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Porcupine, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.5839&lon=-92.0957&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7853E, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7853E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 150 (registry code 2071802, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 212 total, 124 in this make and model, 76 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI79FA081](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79FA081) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790923036869A

## Narrative

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

ACFT WAS SEEN TO CIRCLE AREA, DID TWO NOSE HIGH MANEUVERS. STALLED AND CRASHED IN CORN FIELD. HEART CONDITION.

## 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 CHI79FA081](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79FA081), Sep 23, 1979: Cessna 150 (N7853E), Porcupine, 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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