# Accident 20040715018779A: Gulstm CALLAIRA9B, Norton, KS, July 15, 2004

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 15, 2004, 18:40 local time
- Place: Norton, KS
- Airport: Norton Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: Agricultural (Part 137)
- Location: 39.8505° N, 99.8947° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at NORTON MUNI (NRN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8505&lon=-99.8947&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: GULSTM CALLAIRA9B
- Reported engine: LYC IO540*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 210 total, 35 in this make and model, 60 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040715018779A

## Narrative

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

(-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 AND INTENTIONS ARE NOT KNOWN AT THIS TIME, BUT A WITNESS STATED THAT MR. KASSON HAD ABOUT 100 GALLONS OF CHEMICAL IN THE HOPPER AND A FULL LOAD OF FUEL AT THE TIME OF HIS DEPARTURE. FROM WITNESS ACCOUNTS IT WAS APPROXIMATELY FIVE TO TEN MINUTES AFTER TAKE-OFF WHEN THE AIRCRAFT WAS OBSERVED BY A WITNESS AT A LOW ALTITUDE DESCENDING UNTIL IT IMPACTED IN A MILO FIELD, SLIDING FIFTY TO SIXTY YARDS BEFORE IMPACTING A POWERLINE POLE AND BURSTING INTO FLAMES. THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST APPROXIMATELY 45 DEGREES TO THE LEFT OF ITS ORIGINAL PATH AFTER COLLIDING WITH THE POWERLINE POLE. THE PILOT WAS ABLE TO EGRESS THE BURNING AIRCRAFT, BUT SUSTAINED CRITICAL THIRD DEGREE BURNS APPROXIMATELY 60 PERCENT OF HIS BODY. THE PILOT REMAINS HOSPITALIZED IN CRITICAL CONDITION. HOSPITAL PERSONNEL WERE INFORMED BY THE PILOT THAT HE HAD FIRE IN THE COCKPIT AND HAD TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING. THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE IS NOT KNOWN AT THIS TIME AND IS UNDER INVESTIGATION.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

## Other reports on N7798V (1)

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

- [Accident 19800604019979A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800604019979A), Jun 4, 1980: Airpts A9B (N7798V), Ponca City, OK, Substantial damage. Engine quit during first spray run. Found inoperative fuel pump. Failed to use auxilllary fuel pumps.

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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