# Incident 19810131023179I: Rkwell 680W, San Francisco, CA, January 31, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 31, 1981, 21:42 local time
- Place: San Francisco, CA
- Airport: International
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.7750° N, 122.4194° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Francisco, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7750&lon=-122.4194&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9004N, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9004N-1991-09-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aero Commander 680W (registry code 0141716, https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-commander-680w) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RKWELL 680W
- People aboard: 6
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,800 total, 275 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810131023179I

## Narrative

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

NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED DURING LANDING. INVESTIGATION FOUND A WORN,CRACKED AND SWOLLEN TUBE INSIDE NOSE GEAR BUNGEE.

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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