# NTSB CHI79FA081: Cessna 150, N7853E, Porcupine, WI, September 23, 1979

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: September 23, 1979
- Place: Porcupine, WI · PORCUPINE, WI
- Location: 44.5839° N, 92.0957° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Porcupine, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.5839&lon=-92.0957&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Uncontrolled descent](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/650) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 2 fatal
- Status: Completed, report February 4, 1980
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 133025
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI79FA081
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79FA081

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-3150  79/9/23    PORCUPINE,WI        CESSNA 150          CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 62, 212
        TIME - 1730                    N7853E              PX-  1  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 124 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          EAU CLAIR,WI                DICKENS,IA
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED                IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
        REMARKS- PATHOLOGIST STATED-PLT HAD MOD CALCIFIC AORTIC STENOSIS,COULD CAUSE BLACKOUT.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7853E](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7853E), registered now, S/N 17653, built 1959 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 150
- Registry model: [Cessna 150](https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-150) (registry code 2071802) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental 0-200 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (registry code 17020, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19790923036869A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790923036869A), Sep 23, 1979: Cessna 150, Porcupine, WI, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Acft was seen to circle area, did two nose high maneuvers. Stalled and crashed in corn field. Heart condition.

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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