# Accident 19740607024789A: Rkwell 520, Santee, CA, June 7, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 7, 1974
- Place: Santee, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 32.8550° N, 116.9861° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Santee, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8550&lon=-116.9861&mi=10
- Aircraft: N719Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N719Z-1974-09-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aero Commander 520 (registry code 0141202, https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-commander-520) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RKWELL 520
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 2,000 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX74AL079](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX74AL079) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740607024789A

## Narrative

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

ACFT OBSERVED TO FLY INTO CLOUDS AFTER TKOF,LATER EMERGED FM CLOUDS AND ENTERED L SPIN.

## 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 LAX74AL079](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX74AL079), Jun 7, 1974: Aero Comdr 520 (N719Z), Santee, CA, 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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