# Incident 19780709042939I: Rkwell 500RKWELL, Ft Lauderdale, FL, July 9, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 9, 1978, 14:45 local time
- Place: Ft Lauderdale, FL
- Airport: International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 26.1223° N, 80.1434° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Lauderdale, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.1223&lon=-80.1434&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6274B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6274B-2019-03-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aero Commander 500 (registry code 0141102, https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-commander-500) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RKWELL 500RKWELL
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,700 total, 350 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/19780709042939I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STARTED AN ENGINE WITHOUT SUFFICIENT HYDRAULIC PRESSURE FOR BRAKES. FAN INTO A PARKED AIRCRAFT.

## Other reports on N6274B (2)

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

- [Accident 19810314019199A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810314019199A), Mar 14, 1981: Rkwell 500A (N6274B), Marsh Harbour, Bahamas, Substantial damage. Right tire blew out during landing causing aircraft to veer off runway into a ditch.
- [Accident 19770421009599A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770421009599A), Apr 21, 1977: Rkwell 500RKWELL (N6274B), Miami, FL, Substantial damage. Lndg gr hydraulic b nut fractured.

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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