# Accident 19790814024539A: Airpts A9A, Mcrae, GA, August 14, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 14, 1979, 14:00 local time
- Place: Mcrae, GA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 32.0680° N, 82.9007° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of McRae, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.0680&lon=-82.9007&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8412V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8412V-1983-03-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aero Commander CALLAIR A-9 (registry code 0144202, https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-commander-callair-a-9) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRPTS A9A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,900 total, 900 in this make and model, 55 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA79DKG62](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79DKG62) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790814024539A

## Narrative

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

AG PILOT STRUCK TREES DURING SPRAY OPERATION. LOW LEVEL TURBULENCE IN AREA.

## 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 MIA79DKG62](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79DKG62), Aug 14, 1979: Callair A9A (N8412V), Mcrae, GA, 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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