- Date
- June 12, 1969
- Place
- Amarillo, TX · AMARILLO, TX
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N11JGTed Smith 600
- Status
- Completed · report March 26, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 172735
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3414 69/6/12 AMARILLO,TEX TED SMITH 600 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 53, 779 TIME - 1514 N11JG PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 28 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - AMARILLO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DALLAS,TEX AMARILLO,TEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NORMAL RETRACTION/EXTENSION ASSEMBLY AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: GEAR LOCKING MECHANISM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- INSUF TRAVEL NOSE GR EXTSN CYL.DRAG LINK DISTORTED DUE ACFT SIDE LOAD,HIGH SINK RATE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N11JG
- Reported as
- Ted Smith 600
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Amarillo