# Incident 19790208005569I: Rkwell 680W, Springfield, TN, February 8, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 8, 1979, 11:55 local time
- Place: Springfield, TN
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.4952° N, 86.8725° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Springfield, TN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.4952&lon=-86.8725&mi=10
- Aircraft: N951HE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N951HE-2002-12-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aero Commander 680W (registry code 0141716, https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-commander-680w) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: AiResearch 331 SER 605HP (registry code 01502, https://openairdocs.org/engine/airesearch-331-ser-605hp) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RKWELL 680W
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,620 total, 186 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/19790208005569I

## Narrative

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

PILOT FAILED TO LAND ON CENTER OF CLEARED RUNWAY CAUSING DAMAGE TO LANDING GEAR.

## Other reports on N951HE (1)

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

- [Incident 19800916068689I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800916068689I), Sep 16, 1980: Rkwell 680W (N951HE), Bowling Green, KY, Minor damage. Forced landing after fuel exhaustion. Fuel quantity gauges found unreliable.

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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