- Date
- November 2, 1971
- Place
- Cleveland, OH · CLEVELAND, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N711EDTed Smith 601
- Status
- Completed · report April 20, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 164578
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-0033 71/11/2 CLEVELAND,OHIO TED SMITH 601 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 0615 N711ED PX- 0 0 0 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER 26, 5700 TOTAL HOURS, 600 DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO S-D IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - LAKEFRONT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CLEVELAND,OHIO DETROIT,MICH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAKEOFF: RUN GEAR COLLAPSED TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: WHEELS,TIRES,AXLES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: MAIN GEAR-SHOCK ABSORBING ASSY,STRUTS,ATTACHMENTS,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISCONNECTED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY PHONE WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE CLEAR UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE RIGHT CROSS WIND 068-112 DEGREES WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 150 25 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR IFR FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- R MG TIRE BLEW ABOUT VMC.LOWER SCISSORS OF R GR SEPARATED,ALLOWED WHEEL TO SWIVEL 90 DEG.GUSTS 25K
Aircraft
- Registration
- N711ED
- Reported as
- Ted Smith 601
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Lakefront
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