# Incident 19780718043489I: Smith 601PSMITH, West Chicago, IL, July 18, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 18, 1978, 10:01 local time
- Place: West Chicago, IL
- Airport: Du Page Co
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9071° N, 88.2480° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DUPAGE (DPA), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9071&lon=-88.2480&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1WC (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: SMITH 601PSMITH
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,000 total, 2,500 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780718043489I

## Narrative

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

PILOT LANDED SHORT, MAIN GEAR SCISSORS BROKE WHEN GEAR HIT RUNWAY LIP.  WHEEL TURNED SIDEWAYS, WAS DEMOLISHED.

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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