Piper PA-60 Aerostar (Ted Smith 600) crash, Aug 2, 2022 (2 killed)
Piper PA-60 Aerostar (Ted Smith 600) accident on August 2, 2022 near South Haven, Michigan, United States with 2 fatalities. Cause: A loss of power to...
- Date: August 2, 2022
- Aircraft: Piper PA-60 Aerostar (Ted Smith 600)
- Location: South Haven, Michigan, United States
- Fatalities: 2
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: A loss of power to the left engine due to contamination of the fuel system. Contributing: the pilots' failure to properly configure the airplane for one engine inoperative flight (NTSB).
A Piper Aerostar on its first flight in five years lost power in the left engine from fuel contamination during touch and go practice at South Haven and crashed. Both pilots died. The NTSB cited the fuel contamination and the pilots' failure to configure the airplane for single engine flight.