# Accident 19770803022919A: Airpts A9, Canandaigua, NY, August 3, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 3, 1977
- Place: Canandaigua, NY
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 42.8890° N, 77.2803° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Canandaigua, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.8890&lon=-77.2803&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7738V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7738V-1977-09-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aero Commander CALLAIR A-9 (registry code 0144202, https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-commander-callair-a-9) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRPTS A9
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 760 total, 36 in this make and model, 38 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC77FFJ40](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC77FFJ40) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770803022919A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## 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 NYC77FFJ40](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC77FFJ40), Aug 3, 1977: Callair A-9 (N7738V), Canandaigua, NY, destroyed

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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