# Incident 19781226020579I: Rkwell 520, Minneapolis, MN, December 26, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 26, 1978, 17:55 local time
- Place: Minneapolis, MN
- Airport: International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.9800° N, 93.2638° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Minneapolis, MN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9800&lon=-93.2638&mi=10
- Aircraft: N200, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N200-2012-10-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aero Commander 520 (registry code 0141202, https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-commander-520) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming GO-435C&D series (registry code 41521, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-go-435c-d-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RKWELL 520
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 150 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/19781226020579I

## Narrative

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

PILOT UNABLE TO TRANSMIT DUE TO BROKEN MIKE CORD WIRE. PILOT UNABLE TO EXTEND LEFT MAIN DUE TO MISSING BOLT.

## Other reports on N200 (1)

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

- [Incident 20080507837469I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080507837469I), May 7, 2008: Gulstm 520 (N200), Orlando, FL, Minor damage. (-23) On 7 may, 2008, at 1030 EDT, an aero commander AC520, serial number 520-80, N200, operated by [privacy data omitted] lost its right engine in-flight and…

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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.