# Accident 19760229003879A: Rkwell 500RKWELL, Oakland, CA, February 29, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 29, 1976
- Place: Oakland, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Location: 37.8044° N, 122.2708° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Oakland, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.8044&lon=-122.2708&mi=10
- Aircraft: N202Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N202Q-1976-05-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aero Commander 500 (registry code 0141102, https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-commander-500) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RKWELL 500RKWELL
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,346 total, 684 in this make and model, 247 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB OAK76DVD23](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK76DVD23) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760229003879A

## Narrative

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

FLEW INTO HILLSIDE.

## 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 OAK76DVD23](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK76DVD23), Feb 29, 1976: Aero Comdr 500 (N202Q), Oakland, CA, destroyed

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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