Piper PA-60 Aerostar (Ted Smith 600) crash, Sep 13, 1985 (6 killed)
Piper PA-60 Aerostar (Ted Smith 600) accident on September 13, 1985 near Eva, Alabama, United States with 6 fatalities. Cause: An airframe or system...
- Date: September 13, 1985
- Aircraft: Piper PA-60 Aerostar (Ted Smith 600)
- Location: Eva, Alabama, United States
- Fatalities: 6
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: An airframe or system malfunction after one engine was feathered for an oil leak, with a hydraulic fluid leak involved; the reason for the malfunction was undetermined.
A Piper PA-60 Aerostar operated by William D. Champion crashed near Eva, Alabama, on 13 September 1985 during an instrument descent from Lakeland toward Huntsville. Witnesses saw the aircraft level off at low altitude and then dive into the ground, where it burned, and all six people aboard were killed.