# NTSB CHI72FEM37: Cessna 180, N4743B, Portage, MI, October 30, 1971

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Closed
- Date: October 30, 1971
- Place: Portage, MI · PORTAGE, MI
- Location: 42.2012° N, 85.5800° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Portage, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2012&lon=-85.5800&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious, 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 30, 1972
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 164286
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI72FEM37
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI72FEM37

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-3891  71/10/30   PORTAGE,MICH        CESSNA 180          CR-  0  0  1  MISCELLANEOUS             COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR.,
        TIME - 1410                    N4743B              PX-  0  1  3  PARAJUMP-SPORT            AGE 38, 5550 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            1000 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - AUSTIN LAKE
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          PORTAGE,MICH                LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           MISCELLANEOUS                                            IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: PASSENGER
           MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN OBJECT DAMAGE
        REMARKS- JUMPMASTERS RESERVE CHUTE DEPLOYED PRIOR TO HIS EXIT.DMG TO R DR POST W PX PULLED OUT BY CHUTE.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4743B](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N4743B), registered now, S/N 31641, built 1955 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 180
- Registry model: [Cessna 180](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-180) (registry code 2072602) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental O-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-o-470-series) (registry code 17026, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Austin Lake

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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