# Incident 19791229000279I: Rkwell 500B, Van Nuys, CA, December 29, 1979

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 29, 1979, 15:15 local time
- Place: Van Nuys, CA
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.1867° N, 118.4490° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Van Nuys, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1867&lon=-118.4490&mi=10
- Aircraft: N64TS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N64TS-2004-06-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aero Commander 500-B (registry code 0141106, https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-commander-500-b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RKWELL 500B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 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/19791229000279I

## Narrative

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

RAN OFF SIDE OF RUNWAY DUE TO FAILURE OF MAIN GEAR OUTER BEARING. FAILURE DUE TO LACK OF LUBRICATION.

## Other reports on N64TS (1)

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

- [Accident 20030528010979A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030528010979A), May 28, 2003: Gulstm 500B (N64TS), Grand Canyon, AZ, Substantial damage. (-23) Prior to flight the pilot received a full weather brief, there was blue sky to the south, west was scattered clouds and to the east and north there was…

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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