Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601) crash, Mar 18, 1994 (2 killed)
Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601) accident on March 18, 1994 near Pottstown-Limerick-Heritage Field, Pennsylvania, United States with 2 fatalities....
- Date: March 18, 1994
- Aircraft: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601)
- Location: Pottstown-Limerick-Heritage Field, Pennsylvania, United States
- Fatalities: 2
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: Takeoff with ice contamination on the wing after the pilot chose not to deice, with possible impairment from prescription medication.
A Piper Aerostar departed Pottstown with ice still present on the left wing, after a lineman brushed off snow and the pilot declined to have the aircraft deiced. Shortly after takeoff it lost lift, yawed left and crashed. The pilot and one passenger were killed and the other passenger survived.