Piper PA-60 Aerostar (Ted Smith 600) crash, May 6, 2021 (1 killed)
Piper PA-60 Aerostar (Ted Smith 600) accident on May 6, 2021 near LaBelle, Florida, United States with 1 fatality. Cause: The pilot inadvertently shut...
- Date: May 6, 2021
- Aircraft: Piper PA-60 Aerostar (Ted Smith 600)
- Location: LaBelle, Florida, United States
- Fatalities: 1
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: The pilot inadvertently shut down the left engine after intentionally shutting down the right engine during practice of one engine inoperative procedures. Practicing this at low altitude contributed.
A Piper Aerostar 600 was on a local flight from LaBelle, Florida, when engine power was lost about 6 nautical miles from the airport and the aircraft struck a tree and the ground. The pilot was killed and the pilot rated passenger was seriously injured. The NTSB found the pilot shut down the wrong engine while practicing single engine procedures.