- Date
- June 1, 1973
- Place
- Hamburg, NY · HAMBURG, NY
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N711EDTed Smith 601
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730601016869A
- Case key
- 190089
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1891 73/6/1 HAMBURG,NY TED SMITH 601 CR- 2 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 42, 1195 TIME - 2113 N711ED PX- 0 0 0 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER TOTAL HOURS, 217 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-CARGO S-D INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BUFFALO,NY PITTSBURGH,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE FIRE OR EXPLOSION: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FIRE IN ENGINE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FIRE IN WING FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE REMARKS- FIRE OF UNDETERMINED SOURCE IN NR TWO ENGINE RESULTED IN INFLIGHT SEPARATION OF RT WING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N711ED
- Reported as
- Ted Smith 601
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N711ED · 1
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