- Date
- May 23, 1983, 11:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place
- Winear, ID
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N7778VCallair A-9B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830523020699A
- Case key
- 39696
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The acft collided with a fence during an off airport forced landing. The pilot was completing an aerial application pass & when the low fuel warning light came on the pilot switched tanks & turned on fuel booster. The engine quit at about 200 feet AGL. Investigation revealed slightly less than 3 1/2 gallons of fuel per tank. The operators manual states that the last 3 1/2 gallons of fuel may not be useable during steep turns.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7778V
- Reported as
- Callair A-9B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1531
- Airframe hours
- 1,800
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-01C5, 290 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Aerial application · Part 137
- Operator
- Preston Flying Service
- Registered owner
- A. A. Biggs
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Restricted (Special)
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 6, 1983 · 20 hours before
- Departed
- U10 · Preston, ID
- Destination
- Winear, ID
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 657 total · 14 in this make and model · 547 as pilot in command · 22 in the last 90 days · 14 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 20° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BYI, 72 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N7778V · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.