Piper PA-60 Aerostar (Ted Smith 600) crash, Apr 5, 2000 (2 killed)
Piper PA-60 Aerostar (Ted Smith 600) accident on April 5, 2000 near Hahn, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany with 2 fatalities. Cause: Not determined....
- Date: April 5, 2000
- Aircraft: Piper PA-60 Aerostar (Ted Smith 600)
- Location: Hahn, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
- Fatalities: 2
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Not determined. Extreme destruction prevented determination of a technical fault, which was not ruled out.
A Piper Aerostar 602P operated by Biodata was on a training flight from Aschaffenburg to Hahn with an instructor and a pilot completing a type rating. In marginal weather on approach to runway 03 it entered an uncontrolled descent and struck a wooded area about 9 km short of the runway. Both occupants were killed.