- Date
- June 24, 1969
- Place
- Englewood, CO · ENGLEWOOD, CO
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7426STed Smith 601
- Status
- Completed · report March 20, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 172713
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3306 69/6/24 ENGLEWOOD,COLO TED SMITH 601 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 44, 8000 TIME - 1830 N7426S PX- 0 0 1 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 450 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ARAPAHOE COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GRAND JUNCT,COLO ENGLEWOOD,COLO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: INCORRECT FACTORY INSTALLATION AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NOSEWHEEL ASSEMBLIES AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: GEAR LOCKING MECHANISM AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: LANDING GEAR WARNING AND INDICATING COMPONENTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER ALIGNMENT/ADJUSTMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPER CLEARANCE-TOLERANCE REMARKS- SERVICE BULLETINS NRS 3 AND 13 CORRECTING NOTED PROBLEMS WERE RELEASED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7426S
- Reported as
- Ted Smith 601
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Arapahoe County