# Accident 19730509011799A: Airpts A9B, Greensboro, FL, May 9, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 9, 1973
- Place: Greensboro, FL
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 30.5710° N, 84.7229° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Greensboro, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.5710&lon=-84.7229&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7919V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7919V-2017-02-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aero Commander CALLAIR A-9B (registry code 0144206, https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-commander-callair-a-9b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRPTS A9B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 681 total, 50 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA73DLA36](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA73DLA36) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730509011799A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

APCH OVR TALL PINE TREES INTO TOBACCO FLD DRG FLARE SETTLED INTO SHADE CVRG TOBACCO.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

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.

- [NTSB MIA73DLA36](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA73DLA36), May 9, 1973: Aero Comdr A-9B (N7919V), Greensboro, FL, substantial damage

## Other reports on N7919V (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19790816028549A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790816028549A), Aug 16, 1979: Airpts A9B (N7919V), Burney, CA, Destroyed. Witness observed ag acft stall while making turnaround from a swath run. Engine running at impact.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.