# Accident 19780331018899A: Rkwell 500B, Salisbury, MD, March 31, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 31, 1978
- Place: Salisbury, MD
- Airport: Slsby-Wicomico
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Location: 38.3752° N, 75.5866° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Salisbury, MD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3752&lon=-75.5866&mi=10
- Aircraft: N313UT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N313UT-1978-08-11) (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
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 4
- Pilot flight hours: 5,600 total, 2,400 in this make and model, 73 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD78FA056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD78FA056) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780331018899A

## Narrative

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

KEROSENE MIXED WITH 100LL.TURNING BACK TO ARPT,L THROTTLE AT IDLEB HT ON,CRASHED 1/2MI SHORT.

## 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 IAD78FA056](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD78FA056), Mar 31, 1978: Aero Comdr 500B (N313UT), Salisbury, MD, destroyed, 5 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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