# Incident 19780818048899I: Rkwell 500B, Great Falls, MT, August 18, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 18, 1978, 02:40 local time
- Place: Great Falls, MT
- Airport: International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Location: 47.5025° N, 111.3000° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Great Falls, MT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.5025&lon=-111.3000&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6283X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6283X-1995-04-12) (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
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 400 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/19780818048899I

## Narrative

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

NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING ROLL.

## Other reports on N6283X (2)

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

- [Incident 19891110061209I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19891110061209I), Nov 10, 1989: Gulstm 500B (N6283X), Billings, MT. Smoke in cockpit on takeoff. Returned. Unable to duplicate. Suspect oil had dripped onto heater.
- [Incident 19890213026609I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890213026609I), Feb 13, 1989: Gulstm 500B (N6283X), Billings, MT. Had communication problem after departure. Returned to airport. Pilot had a defective headset.

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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