# Accident 19740818026489A: Rkwell 500RKWELL, Berwick, PA, August 18, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 18, 1974
- Place: Berwick, PA
- Airport: Berwick
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 41.0695° N, 76.2163° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Berwick Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.0695&lon=-76.2163&mi=10
- Aircraft: N999B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N999B-2014-12-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aero Commander 500 (registry code 0141102, https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-commander-500) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RKWELL 500RKWELL
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,500 total, 400 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC75DHA08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC75DHA08) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740818026489A

## Narrative

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

FLEX HYD LINE,P/N 6790031-1315,RUPTURED.BRAKES INOP.OVERRAN RWY.HIT 8IN HIGH MOUND.

## 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 NYC75DHA08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC75DHA08), Aug 18, 1974: Aero Comdr 500 (N999B), Berwick, PA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N999B (1)

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

- [Accident 19851201058419A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19851201058419A), Dec 1, 1985: Gulstm 500RKWELL (N999B), Albany, GA, Substantial damage. Landed downwind on wet grass runway with gusty shifting winds. Rolled off runway end, struck trees.

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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