- Date
- August 17, 1976
- Place
- West Mifflin, PA · WEST MIFFLIN, PA
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N7484STed Smith 600
- Status
- Completed · report November 12, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760817026169A
- Case key
- 155787
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2891 76/8/17 WEST MIFFLIN,PA TED SMITH 600 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 53, 1592 TIME - 1800 N7484S PX- 0 0 2 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 465 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ALLEGHENY COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WEST MIFFLIN,PA BOSTON,MA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED STATIC: IDLING ENGINE(S) PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADVERTENTLY RETRACTED GEAR PILOT IN COMMAND - SPONTANEOUS-IMPROPER ACTION REMARKS- PIC INADVERTENTLY RETRACTED GEAR DURING PRE-TAXI CHECK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7484S
- Reported as
- Ted Smith 600
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Allegheny County
N7484SRegistration cancelled Aug 6, 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 N7484S · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.