# Accident 19780105027119A: Rkwell 500B, Miles City, MT, January 5, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 5, 1978
- Place: Miles City, MT
- Airport: Miles City Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Location: 46.4058° N, 105.8389° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Miles City, MT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=46.4058&lon=-105.8389&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6308U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6308U-1981-05-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aero Commander 500-B (registry code 0141106, https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-commander-500-b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RKWELL 500B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,414 total, 416 in this make and model, 249 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA78FA017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA78FA017) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780105027119A

## Narrative

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

LOW ALT,HIGH SPD SEPN L WING OUTBD SECT.NITE MAIL FLT OVR UNLIGHTERRAIN.RPTD CLMBG TO 6000FT.

## 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 SEA78FA017](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA78FA017), Jan 5, 1978: Aero Comdr 500B (N6308U), Miles City, MT, 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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