Portage Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report

Portage, Wisconsin 53901
Thursday, June 23, 1988 17:15 CDT

NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident

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.

NTSB Probable Cause Narrative

Not Yet Reported

Event Information

Type of Event Accident
Event Date 6/23/1988
Event Day of the Week Thursday
Time of Event 1715
Event Time Zone Central Daylight Time
Event City PORTAGE
Event State WISCONSIN
Event Country --
Zipcode of the event site 53901
Event Date Year 1988
Event Date Month 6
MidAir Collision Indicator No
On Ground Collision occurred ? Yes
Event Location Latitude
Event Location Longitude
Event Location Airport PORTAGE
Event Location Nearest Airport ID C47
Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport On Airport
Distance from airport in statute miles 0
Degrees magnetic from airport 0
Airport Elevation 820
Weather Briefing Completeness Unknown
Investigator's weather source Weather Observation Facility
Time of the weather observation 1751 Central Daylight Time
Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) 166
Weather Observation Facility ID MSN
Elevation of weather observation facility 862
Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) 26
Time Zone of the weather observation CDT
Lighting Conditions Day
Lowest Ceiling Height 0
Lowest Non-Ceiling Height 12000
Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions Scattered
Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling None
Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) 0
Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) 0
Visibility (Statute Miles) 100
Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) 28
Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) 9
Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) 170
Variable Wind Indicator Unknown
Wind Speed (knots) 7
Wind Velocity Indicator Unknown
Wind Gust Indicator Not Gusting
Wind Gust (knots) 0
Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) 30
Density Altitude (feet) --
Intensity of Precipitation Unknown
METAR weather report --
Event Highest Injury None
On Ground, Fatal Injuries 0
On Ground, Minor Injuries 0
On Ground, Serious Injuries 0
Injury Total Fatal --
Injury Total Minor --
Injury Total None 2
Injury Total Serious --
Injury Total All --
Investigating Agency NTSB
NTSB Docket Number (internal use) 948
NTSB Notification Source --
NTSB Notification Date Jun 23 1988 12:00AM
NTSB Notification Time 1910
Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information 36957
Date of most recent change to record Apr 7 2001 12:43PM
User who most recently changed record dbo
Basic weather conditions Visual Meteorological Cond
FAA District Office --

Aircraft Involved

Aircraft #1

Aircraft #2

Aircraft Registration Number N44753 N3865E
NTSB Number CHI88LA140A CHI88LA140B
Missing Aircraft Indicator N N
Federal Aviation Reg. Part Part 91: General Aviation Part 91: General Aviation
Type of Flight Plan filed None None
Flight plan Was Activated? -- --
Damage Substantial Substantial
Aircraft Fire None None
Aircraft Explosion None None
Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name PIPER AERONCA
Aircraft Model PA-28-180 11AC
Aircraft Series Identifier PA-28-180 11AC
Aircraft Serial Number 287505006 11AC-S-66
Certified Max Gross Weight 2450 1250
Aircraft Category Airplane Airplane
Aircraft Registration Class U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil
Aircraft is a homebuilt? No No
Flight Crew Seats -- --
Cabin Crew Seats -- --
Passenger Seats -- --
Total number of seats on the aircraft 4 2
Number of Engines 1 1
Fixed gear or retractable gear Fixed Fixed
Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection Annual Annual
Date of Last Inspection May 26 1988 12:00AM Aug 1 1987 12:00AM
Airframe hours since last inspection 62 56
Airframe Hours 4632 1028
ELT Installed Yes Yes
ELT Activated No No
ELT Aided Location of Event Site No No
ELT Type -- --
Aircraft Owner Name HULS, RONALD KRIST, PAUL F.
Aircraft Owner Street Address BOSCOBEL AIRPORT BOX 68 E. WATER STREET
Aircraft Owner City BOSCOBEL MONTELLO
Aircraft Owner State WI WI
Aircraft Owner Country
Aircraft Owner Zipcode 53805 53949
Operator is an individual? -- --
Operator Name
Operator Same as Owner? Yes Yes
Operator Is Doing Business As -- --
Operator Address Same as Owner? Yes Yes
Operator Street Address
Operator City
Operator State
Operator Country
Operator Zip code
Operator Code
Owner has at least one certificate None None
Other Operator of large aircraft? No No
Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation Unknown Unknown
Operator Certificate Number -- --
Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not -- --
Indicates Domestic or International Flight -- --
Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail -- --
Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) Personal Personal
Second Pilot on Board No No
Departure Point Same as Event No No
Departure Airport Code 47C C60
Departure City BOSCOBEL MONTELLO
Departure State WI WI
Departure Country
Departure Time 1645 1645
Departure Time Zone CDT CDT
Destination Same as Local Flt crash at destination city crash at destination city
Destination Airport Code
Destination City
Destination State
Destination Country
Specific Phase of Flight Landing Taxi
Report sent to ICAO? -- --
Evacuation occurred -- --
Date of most recent change to record Jan 2 2001 10:35AM Jan 2 2001 10:35AM
User who most recently changed record dbo dbo
Since inspection or accident -- --
Event Location Runway Number and Location 4 17
Runway Length 3010 3775
Runway Width 40 60
Sight Seeing flight No No
Air Medical Flight No No
Medical Flight -- --