# NTSB CHI68A0053: Beech H18, N390R, Madison, WI, December 10, 1967

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: December 10, 1967
- Place: Madison, WI · MADISON, WI
- Location: 43.0731° N, 89.4012° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Madison, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.0731&lon=-89.4012&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 7 fatal, 1 minor
- Status: Completed, report May 28, 1968
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 113638
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI68A0053
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI68A0053

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-1109  67/12/10   MADISON,WIS         BEECH H18           CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1525                    N390R               PX-  6  0  1  CORP/EXEC                 AGE 26, 1290 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            118 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - TRUAX
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           UNDETERMINED                                             LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER
        REMARKS- ACFT CRASHED IN LAKE 3 MILES FROM RNWY. LEFT ENG AND PROP NOT RECOVERED.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N390R](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N390R-1968-06-14), registration cancelled 1968-06-14, S/N BA-623 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BEECH H18
- Registry model: [Beech H-18](https://openairdocs.org/model/beech-h-18) (registry code 1151012) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Truax

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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