# Accident 19731209039659A: Rkwell 500B, Findly, OH, December 9, 1973

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 9, 1973
- Place: Findly, OH
- Airport: Findly
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Aircraft: N354MA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N354MA-1995-05-31) (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: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,531 total, 870 in this make and model, 21 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI74FEK09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI74FEK09) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731209039659A

## Narrative

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

ACFT T/D ABT 62FT BFR APCH END OF RWY.NOSE GR HIT RWY LIP WHICH EXTNDS APRX 2 1/2 IN ABV GND.

## 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 CHI74FEK09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI74FEK09), Dec 9, 1973: Aero Comdr 500B (N354MA), Findly, OH, substantial damage

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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