# Accident 19790911023379A: Airpts A9, Johnsonville, SC, September 11, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 11, 1979, 15:00 local time
- Place: Johnsonville, SC
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 33.8142° N, 79.4443° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Johnsonville, SC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8142&lon=-79.4443&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3582G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3582G-1983-04-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Callair A-9 (registry code 1850120, https://openairdocs.org/model/callair-a-9) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRPTS A9
- Reported engine: LYC O540B2B5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,015 total, 95 in this make and model, 95 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA79FLG32](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FLG32) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790911023379A

## Narrative

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

PILOT REPORTED ENGINE BACKFIRED DURING TAKEOFF ROLL. FIRE IN COCKPIT. ABORTED. RAN OFF RUNWAY. AIRCRAFT BURNED.

## 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 MIA79FLG32](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79FLG32), Sep 11, 1979: Callair A-9 (N3582G), Johnsonville, SC, 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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