# Incident 19790804030979I: Airpts A9B, Sargent, NE, August 4, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 4, 1979, 07:50 local time
- Place: Sargent, NE
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 41.6397° N, 99.3689° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sargent, NE, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6397&lon=-99.3689&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7691V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7691V-1991-05-21) (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 A9B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,251 total, 120 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790804030979I

## Narrative

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

TEMPERATURE INVERSION 50AGL. UNABLE TO GAIN ALTITUDE TO CLEAR TERRAIN. JETTISONED LOAD AND LANDED IN FIELD.

## Other reports on N7691V (2)

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

- [Accident 19900908038439A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900908038439A), Sep 8, 1990: Airpts A9B (N7691V), Ord, NE, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Impacted in cornfield and burned while spraying adjacent field. Impact angle indicates a stall. No witnesses.
- [Accident 19730817023109A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730817023109A), Aug 17, 1973: Airpts A9B (N7691V), Edwards, MS, Substantial damage. Left fuel tank empty right full. Plt did not switch fuel tanks.

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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