# Incident 19790305008879I: Rkwell 500RKWELL, Pontiac, MI, March 5, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 5, 1979, 14:25 local time
- Place: Pontiac, MI
- Airport: Oakland
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Engine Run-Up
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.6656° N, 83.4205° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at OAKLAND COUNTY INTL (PTK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.6656&lon=-83.4205&mi=10
- Aircraft: N100PV, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N100PV-2012-05-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aero Commander 500 (registry code 0141102, https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-commander-500) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RKWELL 500RKWELL
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,300 total, 500 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/19790305008879I

## Narrative

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

GEAR FOLDED WHILE EXERCISING PROPS ON RUNUP. HYDRAULIC PUMP FAILED AND BUNGEES WERE REPLACED.

## Other reports on N100PV (2)

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

- [Accident 19830703037079A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830703037079A), Jul 3, 1983: Gulstm 500RKWELL (N100PV), Towanda, PA, Substantial damage. Looking for traffic CFI allowed student land long and fast. Delayed go around. Aborted.overran runway into rock ditch
- [Incident 19800919084139I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800919084139I), Sep 19, 1980: Gulstm 500RKWELL (N100PV), Pontiac, MI, Minor damage. Left main gear partially collapsed during turn off the runway. No mechanical defects found.

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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