# Incident 19820225029309I: Rkwell 500B, Palo Alto, CA, February 25, 1982

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 25, 1982, 17:00 local time
- Place: Palo Alto, CA
- Airport: Palo Alto
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.4611° N, 122.1150° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PALO ALTO (PAO), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.4611&lon=-122.1150&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6212X, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6212X) (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
- Reported engine: LYC O540*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,700 total, 75 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820225029309I

## Narrative

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

LEFT MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING ROLL. DEFFECTIVE DOWN LIMIT SWITCH SHOWED DOWN IN ERROR. HYDRAULIC POWER LEAK.

## Other reports on N6212X (1)

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

- [Incident 19880107004649I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880107004649I), Jan 7, 1988: Gulstm 500B (N6212X), Oakland, CA, Minor damage. Lost directional control on rollout. Left runway. Elected to continue to another taxiway. Main gear entered a hole

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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