# Incident 19790925049939I: Rkwell 500S, Anchorage, AK, September 25, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 25, 1979, 15:57 local time
- Place: Anchorage, AK
- Airport: Merrill
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 61.2135° N, 149.8447° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at MERRILL FLD (MRI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=61.2135&lon=-149.8447&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5075E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5075E-1984-10-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aero Commander 500 S (registry code 0141107, https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-commander-500-s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RKWELL 500S
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 11,000 total, 600 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/19790925049939I

## Narrative

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

PILOT MOVED GEAR SELECTOR TO THE UP POSITION WHEN HE REPOSITIONED THE SAFETY LOCK.

## Other reports on N5075E (1)

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

- [Accident 19810812050169A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810812050169A), Aug 12, 1981: Rkwell 500S (N5075E), Healy, AK, Substantial damage. Pilot encountered wind shear during takeoff and crashed into trees off end of runway.

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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