# NTSB LAX80FUM13: Aero Comdr 500A, N78334, San Diego, CA, February 22, 1980

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: February 22, 1980
- Place: San Diego, CA · SAN DIEGO, CA
- Location: 32.7153° N, 117.1573° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Diego, CA, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7153&lon=-117.1573&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 7, 1980
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 136340
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX80FUM13
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FUM13

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-1396  80/2/22    SAN DIEGO,CA        AERO COMDR 500A     CR-  0  0  2  COMMERCIAL                AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 1100                    N78334              PX-  0  0  2  AIR TAXI-PASSG            55, 14750 TOTAL HOURS,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            810 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - LINDBERG FIELD
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          OXNARD,CA                  UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: AUTOMOBILE                                TAXI: FROM LANDING
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE
        REMARKS- CO FLT PLAN.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N78334 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AERO COMDR 500A
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Lindberg Field

## 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 19800222004449A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800222004449A), Feb 22, 1980: Rkwell 500A, San Diego, CA, Substantial damage. Airplane's wing hit parked truck while taxiing to ramp. Aircraft pivoted into truck bed.

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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