# Accident 19750728028929A: Rkwell 500A, Valparaiso, IN, July 28, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 28, 1975
- Place: Valparaiso, IN
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 41.4798° N, 87.0523° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Valparaiso, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4798&lon=-87.0523&mi=10
- Aircraft: N78378, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N78378-1975-10-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aero Commander 500-A (registry code 0141104, https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-commander-500-a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RKWELL 500A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 459 total, 155 in this make and model, 69 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI76AC006](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI76AC006) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19750728028929A

## Narrative

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

ACFT OBSVD TO ENTER STALL FOLLOWED BY A SPIN.STUDENT LOG HAD 2 PREV DUAL FLTS, ONE BY A CFI.

## 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 CHI76AC006](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI76AC006), Jul 28, 1975: Aero Comdr 500A (N78378), Valparaiso, IN, 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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