- Date
- May 6, 1981
- Place
- Orlando, FL · ORLANDO, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N79CMAerostar 600
- Status
- Completed · report June 22, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810506023029A
- Case key
- 125613
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1232 81/5/6 ORLANDO,FL AEROSTAR 600 CR- 0 0 2 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 34, 2261 TIME - 1640 N79CM PX- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO TOTAL HOURS, 136 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ORLANDO INTL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FLORENCE,SC ORLANDO,FL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADVERTENTLY RETRACTED GEAR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N79CM
- Reported as
- Aerostar 600
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Orlando Intl
N79CMRegistration cancelled May 9, 2013 · Smith AEROSTAR 600Airframe modelSmith AEROSTAR 600Engine 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.
Other investigations on N79CM · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.
NTSB MIA85LA131Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportFort Myers, FLThe acft landed with both main wheel brakes locked as evidenced by skid marks in the touchdown zone of the rwy. After aprx 200 feet of skidding the left brake released and due to the right brake not releasing the plt lost control. The acft veered off the…NTSB MIA85IA021Incident · No injuriesIncident investigationFinal reportJacksonville, FLThe acft swerved left off the rwy during the landing roll. An exam of the left main landing gear strut revealed that the collar had failed permitting the lower portion of the landing gear strut to shift. The shift was transmitted tothe tire causing it to…