Piper PA-60 Aerostar (Ted Smith 600) crash, Oct 2, 1986 (1 killed)
Piper PA-60 Aerostar (Ted Smith 600) accident on October 2, 1986 near Tallahassee, Florida, United States with 1 fatality. Cause: Loss of left engine...
- Date: October 2, 1986
- Aircraft: Piper PA-60 Aerostar (Ted Smith 600)
- Location: Tallahassee, Florida, United States
- Fatalities: 1
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Loss of left engine power from misadjusted fuel mixture, fuel servo and idle speed settings, with poor in flight decision making and failure to maintain directional control by the pilot.
A Jozen Tap Corporation Piper PA-60 Aerostar on a private flight from Tampa to Tallahassee lost power from its left engine on the approach to Runway 16. It drifted left in a nose high attitude, struck trees about 500 feet east of the runway and was destroyed. The sole pilot was killed.