# NTSB MKC70F0015: Callair A-9, N7276V, Jefferson, IA, June 23, 1969

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: June 23, 1969
- Place: Jefferson, IA · JEFFERSON, IA
- Location: 42.0177° N, 94.3794° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Jefferson, IA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.0177&lon=-94.3794&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report August 7, 1969
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 177112
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC70F0015
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC70F0015

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-2044  69/6/23    JEFFERSON,IOWA      CALLAIR A-9         CR-  0  0  1  COMMERCIAL                COMMERCIAL, AGE 49, 10890
        TIME - 1245                    N7276V              PX-  0  0  0  ASSOC CROP CTL ACTIVITY   TOTAL HOURS, 1252 IN
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - JEFFERSON
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GEAR COLLAPSED                                           TAKEOFF: RUN
           COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT                                    LANDING: OTHER
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: MAIN GEAR-SHOCK ABSORBING ASSY,STRUTS,ATTACHMENTS,ETC.
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT
                                  SUSPECTED OR KNOWN AIRCRAFT DAMAGE
         SPECIAL DATA
          TOTAL HOURS IN CROP CONTROL - 4000                       KIND OF OPERATION - SPRAYING CROPS
          KIND OF CROP - PASTURE                                   TYPE OF CHEMICAL USED - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
          PILOT' S SEAT BELT -FASTENED-PROPERLY                    GLOVES - NOT USED
          GOGGLES - NOT USED                                       CRASH HELMET - AVAILABLE USED
          COCKPIT CRASHPAD - INSTALLED                             CRASH BAR - INSTALLED
          TANK/HOPPER-LOCATION - FORWARD OF PILOT
        REMARKS- AFTER T/O PLT ADVZD RT GR BROKEN.DISPENSED LOAD,LANDED WITH AID OF MOVING TRUCK.FURTHER DMGE LDG.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N7276V](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7276V-1970-06-26), registration cancelled 1970-06-26, S/N 1292 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CALLAIR A-9
- Registry model: [Callair A-9](https://openairdocs.org/model/callair-a-9) (registry code 1850120) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Jefferson

## Other investigations on N7276V (2)

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 MKC70F0192](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC70F0192), Sep 3, 1969: Callair A9 (N7276V), Yale, IA, destroyed, 1 fatal
- [NTSB MKC69D0056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC69D0056), Jul 12, 1968: Callair A-9 (N7276V), Grd Junction, IA, substantial damage

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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