# NTSB CHI66A0011: Aircoupe A-2, N5480E, Langlade, WI, July 30, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: July 30, 1965
- Place: Langlade, WI · LANGLADE, WI
- Location: 45.1900° N, 88.7323° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Langlade, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.1900&lon=-88.7323&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report January 5, 1966
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 201541
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI66A0011
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI66A0011-201541

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2-0748  65/7/30    LANGLADE WIS.       AIRCOUPE A-2        CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 39, 270
        TIME - 2045                    N5480E              PX-  0  0  0  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 15 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     IN FLIGHT: OTHER
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - BECAME LOST/DISORIENTED
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE
        FACTOR(S)
           WEATHER - FOG
           WEATHER - OTHER
        WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED
        WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        SKY CONDITION                                            CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE
          BROKEN                                                    6000
        VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE                              PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE
          UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED                                     NONE
        OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE                  TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS
          GROUND FOG                                               VFR
        TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN
          NONE
        REMARKS- ACCIDENT OCCURED OVER DARK UNLIGHTED TERRAIN WITH LIGHT GROUND FOG
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N5480E](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5480E-1965-08-16), registration cancelled 1965-08-16, S/N A-14 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRCOUPE A-2
- Registry model: [Alon A2](https://openairdocs.org/model/alon-a2) (registry code 0540102) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

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.

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