# Accident 19780815023559A: Airpts A9A, Stockton, CA, August 15, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 15, 1978
- Place: Stockton, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 37.9577° N, 121.2908° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Stockton, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.9577&lon=-121.2908&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7906V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7906V-1981-12-17) (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: 3,634 total, 25 in this make and model, 245 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK78FVD52](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK78FVD52) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780815023559A

## Narrative

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

CARRY THROUGH WING STRUT-COMPRESSION-HEAVY CORROSION FAILED IN COSSION,ACFT 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 OAK78FVD52](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK78FVD52), Aug 15, 1978: Rockwell A-9B (N7906V), Stockton, CA, 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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