Piper PA-60 Aerostar (Ted Smith 600) crash, Feb 6, 2003 (5 killed)
Piper PA-60 Aerostar (Ted Smith 600) accident on February 6, 2003 near Cajamarca, Tolima, Colombia with 5 fatalities. Cause: Controlled flight into...
- Date: February 6, 2003
- Aircraft: Piper PA-60 Aerostar (Ted Smith 600)
- Location: Cajamarca, Tolima, Colombia
- Fatalities: 5
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Controlled flight into terrain after the pilot continued flight under VFR into instrument meteorological conditions.
A Piper Aerostar on a private flight from Girardot to Popayan continued under visual rules into cloud and struck a mountainside near Cajamarca. The aircraft burned after impact. The wreckage was not found until five days later, and all five people on board died.