# Accident 19730626021559A: Rkwell 560A, Orovada, NV, June 26, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 26, 1973
- Place: Orovada, NV
- Airport: Rio King Ranch
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 41.5492° N, 117.8236° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Orovada, NV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5492&lon=-117.8236&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2794B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2794B-1988-10-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aero Commander 560-A (registry code 0141404, https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-commander-560-a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RKWELL 560A
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,608 total, 72 in this make and model, 119 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK73AP046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK73AP046) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19730626021559A

## Narrative

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

1ST HALF OF RWY HEAVY GRAVEL,2ND HALF ROUGH HARD PAN STREWN WITH WEEDS & HAY.AIM STATED HARD SURFC

## 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 OAK73AP046](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK73AP046), Jun 26, 1973: Aero Comdr 560-A (N2794B), Orovada, NV, substantial damage

## Other reports on N2794B (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19870722040249A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870722040249A), Jul 22, 1987: Gulstm 560A (N2794B), Ashland, OR, Destroyed, 4 fatal. Tried to fly through cloud obscured mountains. Impacted in a box canyon. Was advised mountains obscured.

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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