# Accident 19970827024939A: Cessna 172M, Portage, WI, August 27, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 27, 1997, 11:30 local time
- Place: Portage, WI
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.5397° N, 89.4605° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.5397&lon=-89.4605&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9026H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9026H-2005-09-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172M (registry code 2072418, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172M
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI97LA282](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI97LA282) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970827024939A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT ENGINE FAILED SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF AND MADE EMERGENCY LANDING ON HIGHWAY. (-23) CESSNA 172, N9026H SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE AFTER DEPARTING RUNWAY 22 AT THE PORTAGE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, PORTAGE, WISCONSIN ON AUGUST 29, 1997 A VFR LOCAL SIGHTSEEING FLIGHT.  MR. MARK WERNER, THE PILOT-IN-COMMAND OF THE AIRCRAFT AND HIS TWO PASSENGERS WERE NOT INJURED.  MR. WERNER REPORTED THAT AT AN ALTITUDE OF 50-75 FEET THE AIRCRAFT'S ENGINE QUIT.  HE STATED HE STARTED ADDING FLAPS AND THE AIRCRAFT CONTACTED THE RUNWAY 100 FEET FROM THE DEPARTURE END.  HE STATED HE BRAKED BUT THE AIRCRAFT LEFT THE END OF THE RUNWAY, STRIKING A GUARD RAIL WHICH SEVERED THE LANDING GEAR AND FUEL LINES, CROSSED ONE ROAD AND THEN ANOTHER ROAD BEFORE COMING TO REST IN A DITCH.  AIRWORTHINESS INSPECTOR DUANE HAHN OF THE MILWAUKEE FSDO INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT AFTER THE ACCIDENT. HE STATED THERE WAS NO APPARENT DAMAGE TO THE ENGINE.  HE STATED HE DRAINED ONE GALLON OF FUEL FROM THE FUEL TANKS AND REPORTED THAT FUEL LINE IN THE BELLY OF THE AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN SEVERED AS A RESULT OF THE ACCIDENT.  INSPECTOR HAHN STATED THAT AFTER THE AIRCRAFT WAS MOV                                                                  ED BACK TO THE AIRPORT, HE RAN THE ENGINE AND FOUND IT TO RUN NORMALLY. MR. WERNER STATED THAT HE THOUGHT THE ENGINE MIGHT HAVE QUIT DUE TO CARBURATOR ICING.  THE REPORTED AWOS WEATHER AT THE BARABOO AIRPORT AND THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT INDICATED A TEMPERATURE OF 20 DEGREES C WITH A DEW POINT OF 17 DEGREES C.  THE BARABOO AIRPORT IS APPROXIMATELY 12 NAUTICAL MILES FROM THE ACCIDENT SITE.

## 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 CHI97LA282](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI97LA282), Aug 27, 1997: Cessna 172M (N9026H), Portage, WI, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's inadequate preflight preparation, and subsequent fuel exhaustion. Factors relating to this accident were: the guard rail, the highway, and the ditch.

## Other reports on N9026H (1)

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

- [Incident 19940212009879I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940212009879I), Feb 12, 1994: Cessna 172M (N9026H), Ellsworth, WI, Minor damage. Narrative: on 02-12-94 at approximately 1200 hours, while on a pleasure flight, Mr. Bernard j. meacham experienced a ground white out condition, while…

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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