# Incident 19790924050169I: Rkwell 500B, Billings, MT, September 24, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 24, 1979, 01:15 local time
- Place: Billings, MT
- Airport: Logan International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: CMB
- Location: 45.7833° N, 108.5007° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Billings, MT, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.7833&lon=-108.5007&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6194X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6194X-1981-05-07) (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: 1,910 total, 15 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/19790924050169I

## Narrative

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

PILOT STRUCK A PARKED FUEL TRUCK DURING TAXI.

## Other reports on N6194X (1)

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

- [Accident 19791222042299A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791222042299A), Dec 22, 1979: Rkwell 500B (N6194X), Sante Fe, NM, Destroyed. Failed to follow airway. ATC advised turn too late. Flew into side of a mountainobscured by clouds.

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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