# Accident 19730731024489A: Airpts A9A, Grygla, MN, July 31, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 31, 1973
- Place: Grygla, MN
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 48.2997° N, 95.6240° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Grygla, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.2997&lon=-95.6240&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8261H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8261H-1973-10-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Callair A-9 (registry code 1850120, https://openairdocs.org/model/callair-a-9) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRPTS A9A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 609 total, 280 in this make and model, 352 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC74DER04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC74DER04) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730731024489A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK CRANE ON SWATH RUN,DMGD L AILERON. PLT UN MAINTAIN CTL.

## 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 MKC74DER04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC74DER04), Jul 31, 1973: Callair A-9A (N8261H), Grygla, MN, destroyed

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.