# Accident 19760813024769A: Piper 600SMITH, Topeka, KS, August 13, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 13, 1976
- Place: Topeka, KS
- Airport: Phillip Billard
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Location: 39.0483° N, 95.6780° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Topeka, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0483&lon=-95.6780&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7512S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7512S-2013-05-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Smith AEROSTAR 600 (registry code 8360602, https://openairdocs.org/model/smith-aerostar-600) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming TI0-540 series (registry code 41533, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-ti0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER 600SMITH
- People aboard: 3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,000 total, 40 in this make and model, 46 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC76FCG95](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC76FCG95) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760813024769A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

MECH THOUGHT PUMP LEAKED INTERNALLY.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

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.

- [NTSB MKC76FCG95](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC76FCG95), Aug 13, 1976: Ted Smith 600 (N7512S), Topeka, KS, substantial damage

## Other reports on N7512S (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19841206069439I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841206069439I), Dec 6, 1984: Piper PA60600 (N7512S), Cincinnati, OH. Aircraft swerved on ice snow covered runway. Frozen right brake. Passenger aboard cargo flight.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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