# Incident 19780317013519I: Rkwell 500B, Orange, CA, March 17, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 17, 1978, 16:25 local time
- Place: Orange, CA
- Airport: Co
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.7870° N, 117.8613° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Orange, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.7870&lon=-117.8613&mi=10
- Aircraft: N61BH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N61BH-2013-08-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aero Commander 500-B (registry code 0141106, https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-commander-500-b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IGSO-540-B1A (registry code 41535, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-igso-540-b1a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RKWELL 500B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,800 total, 1,800 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780317013519I

## Narrative

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

PILOT ENCOUNTERED WAKE VORTEX ON FINAL. RETRACTED GEAR, THEN DECIDED TO LAND. EXTENDED GEAR TOO LATE.

## Other reports on N61BH (1)

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

- [Incident 19881126065589I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881126065589I), Nov 26, 1988: Gulstm 500B (N61BH), Riverside, CA, Minor damage. Forgot to lower gear and landed with gear up. Headset muffled gear warning horn to sound like stall warning horn.

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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