- Date
- April 27, 1978
- Place
- Missing Aircraft · MISSING AIRCRAFT, UN
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N555BUTed Smith 601
- Status
- Completed · report September 25, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780427032449A
- Case key
- 142133
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2475 78/4/27 MISSING AIRCRAFT TED SMITH 601 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 41, 950 TIME - UNK/NR N555BU PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 36 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION POMPANO BEACH,FL PANAMA CITY,FL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISSING AIRCRAFT,NOT RECOVERED UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT INSTRUMENTS/EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES - FLIGHT AND NAVIGATION INSTRUMENTS: ALTIMETERS REMARKS- ACFT DAMAGE & INJURY INDEX PRESUMED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N555BU
- Reported as
- Ted Smith 601
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N555BURegistration cancelled Sep 24, 2012 · Smith AEROSTAR 601Airframe modelSmith AEROSTAR 601Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.