# Accident 19800618023799A: Airpts A9B, Minneola, FL, June 18, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 18, 1980, 08:30 local time
- Place: Minneola, FL
- Airport: Kerlin
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 28.6024° N, 81.7294° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Minneola, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.6024&lon=-81.7294&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7785V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7785V-1982-03-03) (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: 9,960 total, 2,873 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA80FLD74](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80FLD74) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800618023799A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT LOST POWER SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF. TERRAIN NOT SUITABLE FOR EMERGENCY LANDING.

## 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 MIA80FLD74](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA80FLD74), Jun 18, 1980: Aero Comndr A-9B (N7785V), Minneola, FL, 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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