# NTSB NYC73FGM11: Aero Comdr 500, N8494C, West Mifflin, PA, October 30, 1972

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: October 30, 1972
- Place: West Mifflin, PA · WEST MIFFLIN, PA
- Location: 40.3574° N, 79.9056° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of West Mifflin, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3574&lon=-79.9056&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Taxi](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/250) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 4 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report December 14, 1972
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 168675
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC73FGM11
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC73FGM11

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-0790  72/10/30   WEST MIFFLIN,PA     AERO COMDR 500      CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 44, 900
        TIME - 0830                    N8494C              PX-  0  0  3  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 465 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - ALLEGHENY COUNTY
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          WEST MIFFLIN,PA             WHEELING,ILL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE                                 TAXI: TO TAKEOFF
           COLLIDED WITH: DIRT BANK                                 TAXI: TO TAKEOFF
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL
        FACTOR(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT
        REMARKS- PLT OCCUPIED WITHIN COCKPIT ALLOWED ACFT TO VEER R AND DOWN STEEP EMBANKMENT.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N8494C (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AERO COMDR 500
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Allegheny County

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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