Aero Comdr A-9B N7778V

16 April 1974 · Hartley, Delaware, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 16 April 1974 at about 08:00 local time, a Aero Comdr A-9B registered N7778V, operated by Beilers Crop S, was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Hartley, Delaware, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 16 April 1974 at 08:00
Classification: Accident
Location: Hartley, Delaware, United States
Nearest airport: Private Airstrip
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Aero Comdr A-9B
Registration: N7778V
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Beilers Crop S
Operating rule: Aerial Applicator
Purpose of flight: Crop Control Related Flight
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-2135

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	0	0	0	1

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

ACFT OVER MAX GWT.UN CLEAR TREES END OF RWY.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-2135, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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