Piper PA-60 Aerostar (Ted Smith 600) crash, Dec 31, 1988
Piper PA-60 Aerostar (Ted Smith 600) accident on December 31, 1988 near Somerset, New Jersey, United States with no fatalities. Cause: Improper...
- Date: December 31, 1988
- Aircraft: Piper PA-60 Aerostar (Ted Smith 600)
- Location: Somerset, New Jersey, United States
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Improper inflight decisions by the pilot on final approach, with defective right engine magnetos and the right fuel selector in the closed position.
Piper PA-60 Aerostar N90393 was on a private flight from Blairstown to Somerset, New Jersey, when its right engine lost power on final approach to Somerset Airport on 31 December 1988. The pilot raised the gear and flaps and the aircraft rolled right and crashed into wooded terrain. All four occupants were injured, two of them seriously, and the aircraft was destroyed.