# Accident 19780621013999A: Airpts A9A, Rigby, ID, June 21, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 21, 1978
- Place: Rigby, ID
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 43.6736° N, 111.9135° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rigby, ID, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.6736&lon=-111.9135&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8023V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8023V-1981-10-19) (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 A9A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,250 total, 250 in this make and model, 270 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA78DYA13](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA78DYA13) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780621013999A

## Narrative

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

DENSITY ALT ABOUT 7200FT. SPRAYING ALFALFA.

## 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 SEA78DYA13](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA78DYA13), Jun 21, 1978: Aero Comdr A-9B (N8023V), Rigby, ID, 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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