Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601) crash, Oct 20, 1988 (1 killed)
Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601) accident on October 20, 1988 near Laketown, Utah, United States with 1 fatality. Cause: Undetermined. The autopsy...
- Date: October 20, 1988
- Aircraft: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601)
- Location: Laketown, Utah, United States
- Fatalities: 1
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Undetermined. The autopsy showed coronary arteriosclerosis, and the assistant medical examiner suggested the pilot may have been incapacitated by an acute cardiac arrhythmia.
On 20 October 1988 a Piper Aerostar left Salt Lake City on a private flight to Bear Lake. After circling a house it flew out over the lake, was in straight and level flight, and then descended steeply into the water. The single pilot was killed and the aircraft was destroyed.