# Accident 19780731021889A: Rkwell 500B, Boston, MA, July 31, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 31, 1978
- Place: Boston, MA
- Airport: Logan
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 42.3584° N, 71.0598° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Boston, MA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.3584&lon=-71.0598&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6324U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6324U-2020-09-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aero Commander 500-B (registry code 0141106, https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-commander-500-b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RKWELL 500B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,762 total, 27 in this make and model, 129 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC78FNA40](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC78FNA40-201221) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780731021889A

## Narrative

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

No narrative was filed.

## 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 NYC78FNA40](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC78FNA40-201221), Jul 31, 1978: Aero Comdr 500B (N6324U), Boston, MA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N6324U (1)

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

- [Incident 19910102001169I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910102001169I), Jan 2, 1991: Gulstm 500B (N6324U), Des Moines, IA. Right gear down unsafe indication but visually down. Landed safely. Downlock microswitch was frozen.

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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