Piper PA-60 Aerostar (Ted Smith 600) crash, Jun 25, 1992
Piper PA-60 Aerostar (Ted Smith 600) accident on June 25, 1992 near Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States with no fatalities. Cause: Failure of the...
- Date: June 25, 1992
- Aircraft: Piper PA-60 Aerostar (Ted Smith 600)
- Location: Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: Failure of the left engine turbocharger bearings, which caused a loss of power and degraded climb performance.
A Piper Aerostar with two occupants took off from Lancaster, Pennsylvania, on 25 June 1992. It used nearly all of the runway, its left wing dropped after it became briefly airborne, and it struck power lines before coming down on a highway and hitting a car. Both occupants were injured.