# NTSB DEN82FTK04: Callair A-9B, N7769V, Sioux Falls, SD, May 27, 1982

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Final report
- Date: May 27, 1982, 08:10 local (13:10 UTC)
- Place: Sioux Falls, SD
- Coordinates: 43.550689, -96.689605 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.5507&lon=-96.6896&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report May 27, 1983
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 72626
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN82FTK04
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/72626/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN82FTK04

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power(total) - mech failure/malf, maneuvering - aerial application
  - fluid,fuel - starvation (cause)
  - fuel system,injector - failure,total (cause)
- Forced landing, landing - flare/touchdown
- In flight collision with object, landing - flare/touchdown
  - object - fence

## Analysis

THE ENG QUIT & THE PLT LANDED IN AN ADJACENT FIELD AFTER FIRST HITTING A WOODED FENCE. AN INSPECTIN OF THE BENDIX FUEL SERVO UNIT, MODEL PSA-10ED-1, REVEALED THAT THE FUEL DIAPHRAGM STEM, PN 2539806, HAD FAILED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7769V](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7769V-2013-05-09), registration cancelled 2013-05-09, S/N 1526, built 1969 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CALLAIR A-9B
- Registry model: [Aero Commander CALLAIR A-9B](https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-commander-callair-a-9b) (registry code 0144206) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming TI0-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (registry code 41533, turbo-prop) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 1526
- Engines: LYCOMING IO-540 310 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Aerial application, Part 137
- Operator: Conroy H. Langloss
- Registered owner: Conroy H. Langloss
- Departed: TEA, SD
- Destination: TEA, SD

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 40; commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; flight hours: 8,800 total, 3,800 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days, 8 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: calm
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Temperature: 158 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19820527019529A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820527019529A), May 27, 1982: Airpts A9B, Sioux Falls, SD, Substantial damage. Aircraft crashed during emergency landing. Fuel servo, P/N2539806, failed causing engine failure.

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.

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