# NTSB MIA70FKJ41: Aero Comdr 500-B, N4517E, Clanton, AL, June 15, 1970

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: June 15, 1970
- Place: Clanton, AL · CLANTON, AL
- Location: 32.8456° N, 86.6195° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Clanton, AL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8456&lon=-86.6195&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 25, 1971
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 122653
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA70FKJ41
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA70FKJ41

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-2127  70/6/15    CLANTON,ALA         AERO COMDR 500-B    CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 48, 645
        TIME - 0830                    N4517E              PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 383 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - WARE ISLAND
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          CLANTON,ALA                 BIRMINGHAM,ALA
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GEAR COLLAPSED                                           TAKEOFF: RUN
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
        REMARKS- R GR COLLAPSED,PLT RTRTD GR TO MNTN DIRECTIONAL CTL.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4517E](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4517E-1971-10-26), registration cancelled 1971-10-26, S/N 1393 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AERO COMDR 500-B
- Registry model: [Aero Commander 500-B](https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-commander-500-b) (registry code 0141106) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Ware Island

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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