- Date
- July 7, 1978
- Place
- Beaver Falls, PA · BEAVER FALLS, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N280MBAero Comdr 500S
- Status
- Completed · report October 31, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780707023369A
- Case key
- 140843
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2707 78/7/7 BEAVER FALLS,PA AERO COMDR 500S CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1130 N280MB PX- 0 0 0 FERRY 31, 5530 TOTAL HOURS, 550 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BEAVER COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION AKRON,OH BEAVER FALLS,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR RETRACTED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NOSEWHEEL ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) PERSONNEL - MISCELLANEOUS-PERSONNEL: SPECTATOR REMARKS- GROUND OBSERVERS TOLD PILOT HIS NOSEWHEEL WAS LOCKED DURING LOW PASSES OVER FIELD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N280MB
- Reported as
- Aero Comdr 500S
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Beaver County
N280MBRegistered now · Rockwell International 500-SAirframe modelRockwell International 500-SEngine 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.