# NTSB CHI74FEK09: Aero Comdr 500B, N354MA, Findly, OH, December 9, 1973

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: December 9, 1973
- Place: Findly, OH · FINDLY, OH
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 26, 1974
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 187412
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI74FEK09
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI74FEK09

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-4014   73/12/9   FINDLY,OHIO         AERO COMDR 500B     CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 53, 1531
        TIME - 1740                    N354MA              PX-  0  0  3  BUSINESS                  TOTAL HOURS, 870 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - FINDLY
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION         LAST ENROUTE STOP
          MYRTLE BEACH,SC             KALAMAZOO,MICH               FINDLY,OHIO
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           UNDERSHOOT                                               LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
           COLLIDED WITH: AIRPORT HAZARD                            LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO INITIATE GO-AROUND
        FACTOR(S)
           AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER
        REMARKS- ACFT T/D ABT 62FT BFR APCH END OF RWY.NOSE GR HIT RWY LIP WHICH EXTNDS APRX 2 1/2 IN ABV GND.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N354MA](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N354MA-1995-05-31), registration cancelled 1995-05-31, S/N 1617 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AERO COMDR 500B
- Registry model: [Aero Commander 500-B](https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-commander-500-b) (registry code 0141106) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Findly

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19731209039659A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19731209039659A), Dec 9, 1973: Rkwell 500B, Findly, OH, Substantial damage. Acft t/d abt 62FT bfr apch end of rwy. Nose gr hit rwy lip which extnds aprx 2 1/2 in abv gnd.

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.

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