# Accident 19811031071569A: Airpts A9B, Fostoria, IA, October 31, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 31, 1981, 10:00 local time
- Place: Fostoria, IA
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 43.2430° N, 95.1549° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fostoria, IA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.2430&lon=-95.1549&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7215V (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AIRPTS A9B
- Reported engine: LYC IO540*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 974 total, 101 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC82DCD03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC82DCD03) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811031071569A

## Narrative

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

CRASHED WHILE ATTEMPTING EMERGENCY LANDING AFTER POWER LOSS.

## 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 MKC82DCD03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC82DCD03), Oct 31, 1981: Callair A-9B (N7215V), Fostoria, IA, substantial damage

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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