# Accident 19730208002629A: Rkwell 500B, Alcoa, TN, February 8, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 8, 1973
- Place: Alcoa, TN
- Airport: Mcgee Tyson Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Missed Approach IFR
- Location: 35.8159° N, 83.9676° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Alcoa, TN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8159&lon=-83.9676&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6166X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6166X-1973-04-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aero Commander 500-B (registry code 0141106, https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-commander-500-b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RKWELL 500B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 7,430 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA73AM082](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA73AM082) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730208002629A

## Narrative

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

MISSED VISUAL APCH TO ARPT UNDER RAVEC.BLOOD ALCOHOL 252MG .UNAUTH USE OF ACFT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

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 MIA73AM082](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA73AM082), Feb 8, 1973: Aero Comdr 500B (N6166X), Alcoa, TN, destroyed, 2 fatal

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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