# Incident 19800509044719I: Rkwell 500RKWELL, Huntington, WV, May 9, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 9, 1980
- Place: Huntington, WV
- Airport: Tri-State
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: DASA
- Location: 38.4093° N, 82.4335° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Huntington, WV, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.4093&lon=-82.4335&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2783Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2783Q-1995-04-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aero Commander 500-B (registry code 0141106, https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-commander-500-b) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RKWELL 500RKWELL
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 1,000 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/19800509044719I

## Narrative

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

ENGINE CAUGHT FIRE DURING START. UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE.

## Other reports on N2783Q (2)

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

- [Accident 19921229051899A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19921229051899A), Dec 29, 1992: Gulstm 500B (N2783Q), Billings, MT, Substantial damage. Reported power loss left engine on climbout. Made 180. Landed short. Left main gear not locked collapsed.
- [Accident 19810729046049A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810729046049A), Jul 29, 1981: Rkwell 500B (N2783Q), Louisville, KY, Substantial damage. Lost hydraulic pressure. Aux gear system failed. Landed gear up. Corroded hydraulic line leak. Aux system uncharged.

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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