# Accident 19780213010149A: Rkwell 680FL, Morrisville, NC, February 13, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 13, 1978
- Place: Morrisville, NC
- Airport: Raleigh-Durham
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Location: 35.8776° N, 78.7875° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RALEIGH-DURHAM INTL (RDU), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8776&lon=-78.7875&mi=10
- Aircraft: N26511, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N26511-2012-08-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aero Commander 680FL (registry code 0141608, https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-commander-680fl) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IGSO-540-B1A (registry code 41535, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-igso-540-b1a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RKWELL 680FL
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 3
- Pilot flight hours: 1,061 total, 0 in this make and model, 47 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD78FA041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD78FA041) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780213010149A

## Narrative

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

ACFT HEAVY.NO RECORD OF ANY PLT TRNG TYPE ACFT.NARCOTICS & OVER $00 FOUND IN ACFT.

## 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 IAD78FA041](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD78FA041), Feb 13, 1978: Aero Cmdr 680FL (N26511), Morrisville, NC, destroyed, 4 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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