# Incident 19791006052489I: Rkwell 685, Kalamazoo, MI, October 6, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 6, 1979, 11:18 local time
- Place: Kalamazoo, MI
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.2752° N, 85.5885° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kalamazoo, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2752&lon=-85.5885&mi=10
- Aircraft: N12062, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N12062-2012-06-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Rockwell International 685 (registry code 7630513, https://openairdocs.org/model/rockwell-international-685) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental GTSIO-520-C (registry code 17035, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-gtsio-520-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RKWELL 685
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 100 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/19791006052489I

## Narrative

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

PILOT HYDROPLANING, ATTEMPTED GO-AROUND. RETRACTED GEAR, SETTLED BACK, THEN COMPLETED GO-AROUND.

## Other reports on N12062 (1)

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

- [Incident 19811209086689I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811209086689I), Dec 9, 1981: Rkwell 685 (N12062), Albuquerque, NM. On landing. Lost both engines and nose wheel steering. Ran off runway. Pilot reminded of altitude effect on mixture

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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