# NTSB CHI66F0168: Comonwealth 185, N92834, Baraboo, WI, August 13, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Closed
- Date: August 13, 1965
- Place: Baraboo, WI · BARABOO, WI
- Location: 43.4681° N, 89.7384° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Baraboo, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.4681&lon=-89.7384&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report October 8, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 177201
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI66F0168
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI66F0168

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-0482  65/8/13    BARABOO WIS         COMONWEALTH 185     CR-  0  1  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             NO CERTIFICATE, AGE 61, 0
        TIME - 0330                    N92834              PX-  0  0  1  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - BELL AERO SERVICE
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: TREES                                     IN FLIGHT: OTHER
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNQUALIFIED PERSON OPERATED AIRCRAFT
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N92834](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N92834-1965-09-24), registration cancelled 1965-09-24, S/N 1630 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: COMONWEALTH 185
- Registry model: [Commonwealth REARWIN 185](https://openairdocs.org/model/commonwealth-rearwin-185) (registry code 2370604) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Bell Aero Service

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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