# Accident 19780709020059A: Airpts A9A, Ashdown, AR, July 9, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 9, 1978
- Place: Ashdown, AR
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 33.6745° N, 94.1266° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ashdown, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6745&lon=-94.1266&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7759V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7759V-1981-07-29) (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
- Reported engine: LYC
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 960 total, 200 in this make and model, 215 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW78DPG59](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW78DPG59) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780709020059A

## Narrative

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

ROD BOLT PN 74644 FAILED.

## 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 FTW78DPG59](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW78DPG59), Jul 9, 1978: Callair A-9B (N7759V), Ashdown, AR, substantial damage

## Other reports on N7759V (1)

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

- [Accident 19810606035949A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810606035949A), Jun 6, 1981: Airpts A9B (N7759V), Hector, MN, Destroyed. Aircraft stalled and crashed into trees during spraying operation.

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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