# Accident 19800604019979A: Airpts A9B, Ponca City, OK, June 4, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 4, 1980, 16:30 local time
- Place: Ponca City, OK
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 36.7210° N, 97.0684° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ponca City, OK, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.7210&lon=-97.0684&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7798V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7798V-2013-05-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aero Commander CALLAIR A-9B (registry code 0144206, https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-commander-callair-a-9b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AIRPTS A9B
- Reported engine: LYC IO540G1A5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 335 total, 53 in this make and model, 56 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW80DPJ25](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80DPJ25) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800604019979A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE QUIT DURING FIRST SPRAY RUN. FOUND INOPERATIVE FUEL PUMP. FAILED TO USE AUXILLLARY FUEL PUMPS.

## 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 FTW80DPJ25](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80DPJ25), Jun 4, 1980: Callair A-9B (N7798V), Ponca City, OK, substantial damage

## Other reports on N7798V (1)

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

- [Accident 20040715018779A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040715018779A), Jul 15, 2004: Gulstm CALLAIRA9B (N7798V), Norton, KS, Substantial damage. (-23) On July 15 a callair A-9B operated by dennis clark kasson (certificate no. 506620206) departed the Norton, KS municipal airport. The pilot's destination…

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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