Piper PA-60 Aerostar (Ted Smith 600) crash, Sep 5, 1992 (3 killed)
Piper PA-60 Aerostar (Ted Smith 600) accident on September 5, 1992 near Georgetown-Sussex County, Delaware, United States with 3 fatalities. Cause: The...
- Date: September 5, 1992
- Aircraft: Piper PA-60 Aerostar (Ted Smith 600)
- Location: Georgetown-Sussex County, Delaware, United States
- Fatalities: 3
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The pilot failed to maintain airspeed while circling to land, causing an inadvertent stall at insufficient altitude for recovery.
A Piper PA-60 Aerostar (N3647T) was flying a VOR approach to runway 22 at Georgetown, Delaware, in instrument conditions. The pilot cancelled IFR when he sighted the runway and began circling to land, but the aircraft stalled at low altitude, banked steeply and fell to the ground. All three occupants were killed.