# Accident 19761207040499A: Rkwell 520, St Paul, MN, December 7, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 7, 1976
- Place: St Paul, MN
- Airport: St Paul Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 44.9444° N, 93.0933° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of St. Paul, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9444&lon=-93.0933&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4178B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4178B-2012-08-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aero Commander 520 (registry code 0141202, https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-commander-520) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming GO-435C&D series (registry code 41521, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-go-435c-d-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RKWELL 520
- People aboard: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 452 total, 192 in this make and model, 19 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC77FER09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC77FER09) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19761207040499A

## Narrative

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

RIGHT GEAR LIGHT DID NOT INDICATE GREEN LIGHT PRIOR TO LANDING.

## 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 MKC77FER09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC77FER09), Dec 7, 1976: Aero Comdr 520 (N4178B), St Paul, MN, substantial damage

## Other reports on N4178B (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19790304004079A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790304004079A), Mar 4, 1979: Rkwell 520 (N4178B), LA, Destroyed. Acft lost an engine 200 miles south of new orleans. Ditched in the ocean.
- [Accident 19771029033169A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19771029033169A), Oct 29, 1977: Rkwell 520 (N4178B), Lamar, MO, 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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