Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601) crash, Apr 2, 1989 (1 killed)
Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601) accident on April 2, 1989 near Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia with 1 fatality. Cause: Undetermined. The...
- Date: April 2, 1989
- Aircraft: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601)
- Location: Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
- Fatalities: 1
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Undetermined. The reason the aircraft flew into the sea could not be established by the investigation.
A Piper PA-61 Aerostar (VH-NOE) on a charter positioning flight toward Wollongong on 2 April 1989 was lost in low cloud and rain while on an NDB approach. The single pilot was killed and wreckage debris was later found in the sea.