# Accident 19740716022789A: Airpts A9B, Wood River, NE, July 16, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 16, 1974
- Place: Wood River, NE
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 40.8198° N, 98.6044° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wood River, NE, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8198&lon=-98.6044&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7775V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7775V-1983-11-14) (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: 5,640 total, 1,430 in this make and model, 326 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC75DCJ09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC75DCJ09) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740716022789A

## Narrative

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

EVASIVE ACTION TO AVOID WIRE STRUNG BELOW HIGH TENSION LINES.DIVED UNDER WIRE AND STRUCK CROP.

## 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 MKC75DCJ09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC75DCJ09), Jul 16, 1974: Callair A-9B (N7775V), Wood River, NE, substantial damage

## Other reports on N7775V (1)

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

- [Accident 19750727022329A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750727022329A), Jul 27, 1975: Airpts A9B (N7775V), Palmer, NE, Substantial damage

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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