Ted Smith 600 N7497S
4 December 1971 · Victoria, Texas, United States · Serious injuries
Summary
On 4 December 1971 at about 18:00 local time, a Ted Smith 600 registered N7497S was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Victoria, Texas, United States. 5 people were on board and 2 were seriously injured, one had minor injuries. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 18:00
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Victoria, Texas, United States
- Nearest airport
- Foster
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Ted Smith 600
- Registration
- N7497S
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Private Owner
- Purpose of flight
- Pleasure
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Route
- Muskogee, Okla → S
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- IMC
- Light
- Night (Dark)
- NTSB number
- 3-3319
People
2 people were seriously injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Probable cause
The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.
Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.
Read the full NTSB narrative
DESCENDED BELOW MDA. ALT READ 130-140 FT TOO HI.REQ ALT CK NCW.PLT WASNT GIVEN UPDATED WEA BY FSS.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Ted Smith 600 accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Nov 1971 | Ted Smith 600 | Hilton Head Is, South Carolina, United States | Air CAB, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 1 Apr 1970 | Ted Smith 600 | Bedford, Pennsylvania, United States | Aerotwin Chart | No injuries | - |
| 12 Jun 1969 | Ted Smith 600 | Amarillo, Texas, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 7 Mar 1975 | Ted Smith 600 | Detroit, Michigan, United States | Midwest Air C* | No injuries | - |
| 28 Oct 1975 | Ted Smith 600 | Bunnell, Florida, United States | Klorer-Willhar | Fatal | 2 |
| 13 Jun 1975 | Ted Smith 600 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States | Balbo Air Inc | No injuries | - |
Other accidents in this area
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 Mar 1971 | M Mustang M-1 | Aurora, Colorado, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 25 Jan 1971 | Cessna 172 | Creston, Iowa, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 12 Jan 1971 | Piper PA-22 | Sarasota, Florida, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 14 Mar 1971 | Cessna 172K | Bethany, Oklahoma, United States | Diamond Air, In | No injuries | - |
| 27 Mar 1971 | Taylorcraft DCO-65 | Portage, Pennsylvania, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |
| 20 May 1971 | Flybaby 1A | Oxford, Connecticut, United States | - | Minor injuries | - |