# NTSB UNK64X3338: Aero Comm 500, N8430C, Red Bank, NJ, August 12, 1964

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: August 12, 1964
- Place: Red Bank, NJ · RED BANK, NJ
- Location: 40.3487° N, 74.0665° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Red Bank, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.3487&lon=-74.0665&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 7 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report October 28, 1964
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 182410
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=UNK64X3338
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/UNK64X3338

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-2439  64/8/12    RED BANK NJ         AERO COMM 500       CR-  0  0  1  COMMERCIAL                AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE
        TIME - 2100                    N8430C              PX-  0  0  6  AIR TAXI-PASSG            38, 9200 TOTAL HOURS, 10
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT
                                                                                                   RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - RED BANK
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           OVERSHOOT                                                LANDING: ROLL
           GEAR COLLAPSED                                           LANDING: ROLL
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           SYSTEMS - HYDRAULIC SYSTEM: RELIEF VALVE
           MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS
           PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL)
           PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL)
        FACTOR(S)
           MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
        REMARKS- METAL PARTICLES OBSTRUCTED HYDRAULIC BRAKE RELIEF VALVE.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N8430C](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8430C-1988-10-24), registration cancelled 1988-10-24, S/N 778 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AERO COMM 500
- Registry model: [Aero Commander 500](https://openairdocs.org/model/aero-commander-500) (registry code 0141102) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Red Bank

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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