# Incident 19790321024109I: Rkwell 680W, Madison, WI, March 21, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 21, 1979, 18:30 local time
- Place: Madison, WI
- Airport: Dane Co
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.2222° N, 89.4682° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DANE (WI65), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.2222&lon=-89.4682&mi=10
- Aircraft: N713SP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N713SP-2013-05-03) (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: 5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,453 total, 70 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/19790321024109I

## Narrative

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

PILOT UNABLE TO GET LOCKDOWN ON THE NOSE GEAR. NOSE GEAR STEERING ROD END BOLT MISSING, LINKAGE WAS BROKEN.

## Other reports on N713SP (1)

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

- [Accident 19791004027959A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791004027959A), Oct 4, 1979: Rkwell 680W (N713SP), Alexandria, LA, Destroyed. Pilot made forced landing due to fire of undetermined origin in flight.

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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