# Accident 19760420007569A: Airpts A9, Wenatchee, WA, April 20, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 20, 1976
- Place: Wenatchee, WA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Location: 47.4360° N, 120.3293° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wenatchee, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.4360&lon=-120.3293&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8259H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8259H-2017-02-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Callair A-9 (registry code 1850120, https://openairdocs.org/model/callair-a-9) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRPTS A9
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,500 total, 50 in this make and model, 159 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA76DYG46](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA76DYG46) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760420007569A

## Narrative

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

RAN OUT OF FUEL R TANK.INSUFFICIENT ALT FOR RESTART.LNDD IN SOFT PLOWED FIELD.CALIBRATION FLT.

## 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 SEA76DYG46](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA76DYG46), Apr 20, 1976: Callair A-9A (N8259H), Wenatchee, WA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N8259H (1)

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

- [Accident 19790429014539A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790429014539A), Apr 29, 1979: Airpts A9 (N8259H), Dayton, WA, Destroyed. Made low pass over field to be sprayed,made abrupt pull up,stalled acft,crashed and burned. Low time in acft.

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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