Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601) crash, Jan 10, 2000 (2 killed)
Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601) accident on January 10, 2000 near Coatesville-Chester County-G. O. Carlson, Pennsylvania, United States with 2...
- Date: January 10, 2000
- Aircraft: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601)
- Location: Coatesville-Chester County-G. O. Carlson, Pennsylvania, United States
- Fatalities: 2
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The pilot failed to follow the published instrument approach procedure and did not establish a climb after passing the missed approach point.
A Piper PA-61 Aerostar on a positioning flight from Millville, New Jersey, was flying an ILS approach to Chester County G.O. Carlson Airport in Coatesville, Pennsylvania, in instrument conditions. It crossed the outer marker well below the glide slope and struck terrain about a mile north of the airport, on the far side of the missed approach track. Both occupants were killed.