# Accident 19770414007959A: Rkwell 500B, Mt.Vernon, IL, April 14, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 14, 1977
- Place: Mt.Vernon, IL
- Airport: Mt.Vernon-Outland
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 38.3228° N, 88.8593° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Mount Vernon Outland Airport (MVN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3228&lon=-88.8593&mi=10
- Aircraft: N90540 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: RKWELL 500B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,104 total, 126 in this make and model, 17 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI77FEV21](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI77FEV21) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770414007959A

## Narrative

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

LEFT MAIN GEAR ACTUATING CLEVIS, P/N ED 12526, BROKEN.

## 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 CHI77FEV21](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI77FEV21), Apr 14, 1977: Rockwell 500B (N90540), Mt.Vernon, IL, 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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