# Incident 19780527040759I: Airpts A9B, Stephen, MN, May 27, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 27, 1978, 18:00 local time
- Place: Stephen, MN
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.4524° N, 96.8763° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Stephen, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.4524&lon=-96.8763&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7263V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7263V-1982-01-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Intermountain CALLAIR A-9B (registry code 4570624, https://openairdocs.org/model/intermountain-callair-a-9b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRPTS A9B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,300 total, 225 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780527040759I

## Narrative

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

SPRAY PILOT WENT OVER POWER LINES, LET DOWN FOR SPRAY RUN AND BOUNCED OFF GROUND. LEFT MAIN GEAR BOLT BROKEN.

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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