# Accident 19760507014039A: Rkwell 500RKWELL, Fontana, CA, May 7, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 7, 1976
- Place: Fontana, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Initial Approach-IFR
- Location: 34.0922° N, 117.4350° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fontana, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0922&lon=-117.4350&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6242B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6242B-1976-07-14) (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: 8,000 total, 300 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX76AL074](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX76AL074) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760507014039A

## Narrative

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

DSCND BLO PUBLISHED MDA. HIT LARGE BOULDER ON MTN RIDGE.

## 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 LAX76AL074](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX76AL074), May 7, 1976: Aero Comdr 500 (N6242B), Fontana, CA, destroyed, 1 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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