Piper PA-60 Aerostar (Ted Smith 600) crash, May 10, 2006 (2 killed)
Piper PA-60 Aerostar (Ted Smith 600) accident on May 10, 2006 near Camp Hill, Alabama, United States with 2 fatalities. Cause: The pilot's continued...
- Date: May 10, 2006
- Aircraft: Piper PA-60 Aerostar (Ted Smith 600)
- Location: Camp Hill, Alabama, United States
- Fatalities: 2
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: The pilot's continued flight into known thunderstorms resulted in an in-flight breakup. A controller did not pass on the extreme radar-depicted weather intensity to the pilot as a contributing factor.
A Piper Aerostar flying from Cornelia, Georgia, to Pensacola, Florida, departed without an IFR clearance and continued into a line of thunderstorms on 10 May 2006. The aircraft turned left at about 16,000 feet, and its right wing separated. The outboard section of the wing was never recovered, and both occupants were killed.