# Incident 19780808049449I: Rkwell 112A, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, August 8, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 8, 1978, 14:45 local time
- Place: Mayaguez, Puerto Rico
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 18.2012° N, 67.1418° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Mayagüez, PR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=18.2012&lon=-67.1418&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1261J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1261J-2011-07-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aero Commander 112 (registry code 0144701, https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-commander-112) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming I0360 series (registry code 41515, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RKWELL 112A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 151 total, 86 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/19780808049449I

## Narrative

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

NOSE GEAR RETRACTED ON ROLLOUT, CAUSE UNDETERMINED. NO GEAR PROBLEMS FOUND.

## Other reports on N1261J (1)

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

- [Accident 20040215013679A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20040215013679A), Feb 15, 2004: Gulstm 112 (N1261J), San Juan, PR, Destroyed, 1 fatal. (-23) The mentioned aircraft N1261J departed from San Juan (tjsj) to st. croix (tisx) at approximated 2030Z 02/15/04. The pilot Mr. Prudoff sheldon, according…

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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