# Accident 19780906032659A: Rkwell 500B, Great Falls, MT, September 6, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 6, 1978
- Place: Great Falls, MT
- Airport: Great Falls International
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach-IFR
- Location: 47.4823° N, 111.3703° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GREAT FALLS INTL (GTF), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.4823&lon=-111.3703&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6112X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6112X-1980-09-22) (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: 3,166 total, 650 in this make and model, 300 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB SEA78FA062](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA78FA062) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780906032659A

## Narrative

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

FAILED TO ESTAB ON APP CS,EXCESS SPEED,EXCESS DESCENT RATE,DESCENBELOW MINS.

## 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 SEA78FA062](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA78FA062), Sep 6, 1978: Aero Comdr 500B (N6112X), Great Falls, MT, destroyed, 1 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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