# Accident 19740416009659A: Airpts A9B, Hartley, DE, April 16, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 16, 1974
- Place: Hartley, DE
- Airport: Private Airstrip
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Aircraft: N7778V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7778V-2013-02-27) (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: 560 total, 125 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD74DHO33](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD74DHO33) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740416009659A

## Narrative

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

ACFT OVER MAX GWT.UN CLEAR TREES END OF RWY.

## 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 IAD74DHO33](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD74DHO33), Apr 16, 1974: Aero Comdr A-9B (N7778V), Hartley, DE, substantial damage

## Other reports on N7778V (2)

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

- [Accident 19830523020699A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830523020699A), May 23, 1983: Airpts A9B (N7778V), Winear, ID, Substantial damage. Ran out of fuel on climbout from last spray run of a field. Struck a fence during the forced landing.
- [Accident 19730713022599A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730713022599A), Jul 13, 1973: Airpts A9B (N7778V), Parksley, VA, Substantial damage. Began go arnd due apch into sun,windshield dirty. Eng quit. Lnd & gr hit pipe.

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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