# Accident 19801230086029A: Rkwell 680FL, Gambell, AK, December 30, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 30, 1980, 12:10 local time
- Place: Gambell, AK
- Airport: Gambell
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Idling Engines
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: MNAA
- Location: 63.7666° N, 171.7328° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at GAMBELL (GAM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=63.7666&lon=-171.7328&mi=10
- Aircraft: N113NA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N113NA-1999-10-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aero Commander 680FL (registry code 0141608, https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-commander-680fl) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RKWELL 680FL
- People aboard: 9
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 12,263 total, 2,228 in this make and model, 171 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ANC81DA013](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC81DA013) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801230086029A

## Narrative

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

DEPLANED PASSENGER WALKED INTO IDLING PROPELLOR. HAD BEEN ADVISED TO AVOID PROPELLOR.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ANC81DA013](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ANC81DA013), Dec 30, 1980: Aero Comdr 680-FL (N113NA), Gambell, AK, minor damage, 1 fatal

## Other reports on N113NA (1)

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

- [Incident 19860424023809I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860424023809I), Apr 24, 1986: Gulstm 680FL (N113NA), Billings, MT, Damage unknown. Nose gear would not retract after takeoff. Returned and found hydraulic cylinder piston shaft broken.

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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