# Accident 19880813038319A: Airpts A9, Redbud, GA, August 13, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 13, 1988, 09:00 local time
- Place: Redbud, GA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Operator: FZAG
- Location: 34.5329° N, 84.8163° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Redbud, GA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5329&lon=-84.8163&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7233V (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AIRPTS A9
- Reported engine: LYC O540B2B5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,632 total, 1,269 in this make and model, 123 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL88DKG17](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL88DKG17) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880813038319A

## Narrative

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

STRUCK A POWERLINE WITH NOSE LANDING LIGHT ON SPRAY RUN. GLASS BLOCKED ENGINE AIR INTAKE. ENGINE QUIT. CRASHED.

## 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 ATL88DKG17](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL88DKG17), Aug 13, 1988: Intermountain Mfg. Callair A-9 (N7233V), Redbud, GA, 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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