- Date
- June 23, 1988, 17:15 local (22:15 UTC)
- Place
- Portage, WI
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 8, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA reports
- 19880623027281A19880623027282A
- Case key
- 14098
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During taxi from landing the pilot failed to maintain adequate visual lookout and taxied onto a runway in front of an aircraft on its landing roll. The pilot stated that as he approached the other runway his visibility was restricted by a stand of trees, and he did not see the other aircraft before he taxied onto the intersecting runway.
During landing roll out the pilot failed to maintain adequate visual lookout and collided with another aircraft as it taxied across his path on an intersecting runway. Visibility of the other runway was restricted by a stand of trees, but the pilot stated that he saw the other aircraft and it appeared to be stopped, waiting for him.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N44753
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28-180
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 287505006
- Airframe hours
- 4,632
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Huls, Ronald
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 26, 1988 · 62 hours before
- Departed
- 47C · Boscobel, WI
- Airport
- C47 · Portage, runway 4, 3,010 × 40 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
- Registration
- N3865E
- Reported as
- Aeronca 11AC
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 11AC-S-66
- Airframe hours
- 1,028
- Engine
- Continental C-65-8F, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Krist, Paul F.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 1, 1987 · 56 hours before
- Departed
- C60 · Montello, WI
- Airport
- C47 · Portage, runway 17, 3,775 × 60 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft N44753
- Age
- 36
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 88 total · 88 in this make and model · 47 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft N3865E
- Age
- 57
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 961 total · 56 in this make and model · 886 as pilot in command · 20 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 100 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MSN, 26 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 2
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.