# Accident 19780906029799A: Doug DC7B, Farmersville, LA, September 6, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 6, 1978
- Place: Farmersville, LA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Aircraft: N244B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N244B-1980-12-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Douglas DC-7CF (registry code 3021807, https://openairdocs.org/model/douglas-dc-7cf) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DOUG DC7B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW78FA075](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW78FA075) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780906029799A

## Narrative

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

ILLEGAL MARIJUANA CARGO.

## 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 FTW78FA075](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW78FA075), Sep 6, 1978: Douglas DC-7C (N244B), Farmersville, LA, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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