# Accident 19741229043649A: Rkwell 500B, Paducah, KY, December 29, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 29, 1974
- Place: Paducah, KY
- Airport: Barkley Field
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Location: 37.0603° N, 88.7730° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BARKLEY RGNL (PAH), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.0603&lon=-88.7730&mi=10
- Aircraft: N553HH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N553HH-1975-05-09) (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: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,820 total, 920 in this make and model, 37 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD75FLQ11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD75FLQ11) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19741229043649A

## Narrative

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

ACFT OBSVD T/D ABT 4500-5500 FT BEYOND APCH END OF RWY 4.HIT DRAINAGE DITCH.ELT DID NOT ACTIVATE.

## 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 IAD75FLQ11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD75FLQ11), Dec 29, 1974: Aero Comdr 500B (N553HH), Paducah, KY, 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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