# Accident 19751010042679A: Rkwell 500A, Walnut Grove, CA, October 10, 1975

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 10, 1975
- Place: Walnut Grove, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 38.2543° N, 121.5358° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Walnut Grove, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.2543&lon=-121.5358&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9394R, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9394R-1977-10-06) (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
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 5
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK76AP017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK76AP017) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19751010042679A

## Narrative

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

IN FLT STRUCTURAL FAILURE.ACFT CRASHED INVERTED IN WATER. VFR FLT NOT RECOMMENDED BY FSS.

## 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 OAK76AP017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK76AP017), Oct 10, 1975: Aero Comdr 500A (N9394R), Walnut Grove, CA, destroyed, 6 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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