# Accident 19790617011559A: Wagner 65CA, Mountain Home, AR, June 17, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 17, 1979, 15:00 local time
- Place: Mountain Home, AR
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.3351° N, 92.3842° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mountain Home, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.3351&lon=-92.3842&mi=10
- Aircraft: N31959, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N31959-1982-07-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aeronca 65-CA (registry code 0190922, https://openairdocs.org/model/aeronca-65-ca) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: WAGNER 65CA
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 63 total, 63 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW79FPG54](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79FPG54) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790617011559A

## Narrative

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

MADE SLOW FLIGHT OVER FIELD TO DROP BALLOONS,STALLED ACFT DURING A TURN.

## 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 FTW79FPG54](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79FPG54), Jun 17, 1979: Aeronca 11AC (N31959), Mountain Home, AR, 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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