# Accident 19790816028549A: Airpts A9B, Burney, CA, August 16, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 16, 1979, 11:30 local time
- Place: Burney, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 40.8892° N, 121.6752° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Burney, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.8892&lon=-121.6752&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7919V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7919V-2017-02-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aero Commander CALLAIR A-9B (registry code 0144206, https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-commander-callair-a-9b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRPTS A9B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total, 275 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX79FVG70](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX79FVG70) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790816028549A

## Narrative

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

WITNESS OBSERVED AG ACFT STALL WHILE MAKING TURNAROUND FROM A SWATH RUN. ENGINE RUNNING AT IMPACT.

## 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 LAX79FVG70](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX79FVG70), Aug 16, 1979: Aero Comndr A-9B (N7919V), Burney, CA, destroyed, 1 fatal

## Other reports on N7919V (1)

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

- [Accident 19730509011799A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730509011799A), May 9, 1973: Airpts A9B (N7919V), Greensboro, FL, Substantial damage. Apch ovr tall pine trees into tobacco fld drg flare settled into shade cvrg tobacco.

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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