# NTSB OAK66D0156: Aero Cmdr 500-A, N78350, San Francisco, CA, November 26, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: November 26, 1965
- Place: San Francisco, CA · SAN FRANCISCO, CA
- Location: 37.7750° N, 122.4194° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of San Francisco, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7750&lon=-122.4194&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 2 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report January 6, 1966
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 174641
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=OAK66D0156
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK66D0156

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-3412  65/11/26   SAN FRANCISCO CAL   AERO CMDR 500-A     CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 23, 500
        TIME - 1205                    N78350              PX-  0  0  1  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 75 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - SAN FRANCISCO
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GEAR RETRACTED                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - INADVERTENTLY RETRACTED GEAR
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: N78350 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AERO CMDR 500-A
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: San Francisco

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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