Piper PA-60 Aerostar (Ted Smith 600) crash, Sep 11, 2015 (2 killed)
Piper PA-60 Aerostar (Ted Smith 600) accident on September 11, 2015 near San Pedro de los Milagros, Antioquia, Colombia with 2 fatalities. Cause: BAAA...
- Date: September 11, 2015
- Aircraft: Piper PA-60 Aerostar (Ted Smith 600)
- Location: San Pedro de los Milagros, Antioquia, Colombia
- Fatalities: 2
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: BAAA summary of the Aerocivil findings: controlled flight into terrain after the crew chose to continue at low altitude in instrument conditions, with contributing factors of the foreign crew being unfamiliar with the area, poor flight planning and CFIT.
A Piper PA 60 Aerostar operated by Heliblack, carrying two pilots and one passenger involved in a film production, flew from Santa Fe de Antioquia toward Medellin in instrument conditions over mountains. It struck a hillside with its right wing and came down among trees near San Pedro de los Milagros, killing two occupants and seriously injuring the pilot. The Aerocivil preliminary report classes the accident as controlled flight into terrain.