# Incident 19791121044939I: Rkwell 500RKWELL, Monterey, CA, November 21, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 21, 1979, 06:55 local time
- Place: Monterey, CA
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.6012° N, 121.8828° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Monterey, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.6012&lon=-121.8828&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6239B, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6239B-1988-11-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aero Commander 500 (registry code 0141102, https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-commander-500) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RKWELL 500RKWELL
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,600 total, 50 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/19791121044939I

## Narrative

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

DURING HIGH SPEED GROUND RUN, RIGHT BRAKE OVERHEATED. LEAKING HYDRAULIC FLUID CAUGHT FIRE. NO DAMAGE RESULTED.

## Other reports on N6239B (1)

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

- [Accident 19830117001119A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830117001119A), Jan 17, 1983: Gulstm 500RKWELL (N6239B), Dixon, CA, Substantial damage. Lost electrical power. Battery went dead on par vectors. Crashed on a road. Lead broke left generator other inop.

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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