# Accident 19730810027639A: Airpts A9B, Pitts, GA, August 10, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 10, 1973
- Place: Pitts, GA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Location: 31.9462° N, 83.5418° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pitts, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.9462&lon=-83.5418&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7746V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7746V-1994-05-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aero Commander CALLAIR A-9B (registry code 0144206, https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-commander-callair-a-9b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRPTS A9B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,400 total, 2,000 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA74FKG10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA74FKG10-201635) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730810027639A

## Narrative

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

CRANKSHAFT BROKE,ENG TOPPED ABT 10 DAYS BFR ACDT.LNDD ON HIGHWAY L WING HIT SIGN POST.

## 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 MIA74FKG10](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA74FKG10-201635), Aug 10, 1973: Aero Comdr A-9B (N7746V), Pitts, GA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N7746V (1)

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

- [Accident 19800425010279A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800425010279A), Apr 25, 1980: Airpts A9B (N7746V), East Savannah, MO, Substantial damage. Ag pilot failed to avoid wires at end of swath run.

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.

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