- Date
- August 13, 1976
- Place
- Topeka, KS · TOPEKA, KS
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7512STed Smith 600
- Status
- Completed · report September 14, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760813024769A
- Case key
- 154942
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2146 76/8/13 TOPEKA,KS TED SMITH 600 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 36, 1000 TIME - 1620 N7512S PX- 0 0 3 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PHILLIP BILLARD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TERRE HAUTE,IN TOPEKA,KS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) SYSTEMS - HYDRAULIC SYSTEM: HYDRAULIC PUMPS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - HYDRAULIC FAILURE REMARKS- MECH THOUGHT PUMP LEAKED INTERNALLY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7512S
- Reported as
- Ted Smith 600
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Phillip Billard
N7512SRegistration cancelled May 8, 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.