# Accident 19730817023109A: Airpts A9B, Edwards, MS, August 17, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 17, 1973
- Place: Edwards, MS
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Location: 32.3326° N, 90.6056° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Edwards, MS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.3326&lon=-90.6056&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7691V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7691V-1991-05-21) (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: 8,208 total, 79 in this make and model, 79 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA74DKQ05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA74DKQ05) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730817023109A

## Narrative

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

LEFT FUEL TANK EMPTY RIGHT FULL.PLT DID NOT SWITCH FUEL TANKS.

## 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 MIA74DKQ05](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA74DKQ05), Aug 17, 1973: Aero Comdr A9-B (N7691V), Edwards, MS, substantial damage

## Other reports on N7691V (2)

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

- [Accident 19900908038439A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900908038439A), Sep 8, 1990: Airpts A9B (N7691V), Ord, NE, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Impacted in cornfield and burned while spraying adjacent field. Impact angle indicates a stall. No witnesses.
- [Incident 19790804030979I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790804030979I), Aug 4, 1979: Airpts A9B (N7691V), Sargent, NE, Minor damage. Temperature inversion 50AGL. Unable to gain altitude to clear terrain. Jettisoned load and landed in field.

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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