Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601) crashes

168 crashes involving the Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601) since 1969, with 263 fatalities. Browse each accident by date, aircraft and location on the interactive map.

• Crashes: 168
• Fatal crashes: 131
• Fatalities: 263
• First recorded: September 15, 1969
• Most recent: July 13, 2026

Deadliest

1. August 3, 2004: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Lakeway, Texas, United States (6 fatalities)
2. November 17, 1996: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Eagle County-FlyVail, Colorado, United States (5 fatalities)
3. November 8, 1990: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Nacogdoches-A. L. Mangham Jr., Texas, United States (5 fatalities)
4. March 31, 1989: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Santa Ana-John Wayne, California, United States (5 fatalities)
5. March 31, 1989: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Santa Ana-John Wayne, California, USA, United States (5 fatalities)

Countries

• United States (147)
• Australia (8)
• Mexico (5)
• Germany (2)
• International waters and airspace (2)
• Argentina (1)
• Belgium (1)
• Canada (1)
• Denmark (1)

Years

• 1989 (16)
• 1982 (12)
• 1985 (10)
• 1980 (8)
• 1984 (8)
• 1988 (8)
• 1979 (7)
• 1983 (6)
• 1986 (6)
• 1990 (5)
• 2000 (5)
• 2004 (5)

All crashes (page 1 of 2)

• July 13, 2026: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Saranac Lake-Adirondack, New York, United States (3 fatalities)
• April 13, 2025: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Salzgitter-Drütte, Lower Saxony, Germany (2 fatalities)
• March 14, 2024: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Grass Valley, California, United States (0 fatalities)
• July 6, 2023: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Burlington-Kit Carson County, Colorado, United States (1 fatality)
• May 23, 2022: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Durango, Durango, Mexico (2 fatalities)
• April 23, 2020: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Craig, Colorado, United States (1 fatality)
• January 28, 2020: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Springfield-Abraham Lincoln, Illinois, United States (3 fatalities)
• July 20, 2018: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States (0 fatalities)
• December 10, 2017: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Miami-Executive (Kendall-Tamiami), Florida, United States (1 fatality)
• August 19, 2017: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Donegal Springs, Pennsylvania, United States (0 fatalities)
• October 20, 2016: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Carrollton, Georgia, United States (0 fatalities)
• October 17, 2016: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Karlsruhe-Baden-Baden, Baden-Württemberg, Germany (0 fatalities)
• September 10, 2014: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Austin-Bergstrom, Texas, United States (1 fatality)
• March 19, 2014: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Aurora, Colorado, United States (1 fatality)
• January 13, 2013: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Hermosillo-General Ignacio Pesqueira Garcia, Sonora, Mexico (0 fatalities)
• January 16, 2012: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Philadelphia, Mississippi, United States (1 fatality)
• January 5, 2012: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), North Las Vegas, Nevada, United States (0 fatalities)
• December 20, 2011: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Las Varillas, Córdoba, Argentina (2 fatalities)
• October 31, 2011: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Tijuana-General Abelardo L. Rodríguez, Baja California, Mexico (3 fatalities)
• December 22, 2010: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Falaise Lake, Northwest Territories, Canada (0 fatalities)
• July 22, 2010: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Cleburne, Texas, United States (0 fatalities)
• January 23, 2010: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Aurora-Sugar Grove, Illinois, United States (2 fatalities)
• October 28, 2007: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Penn Yan, New York, United States (0 fatalities)
• January 8, 2007: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Jamestown-Chautauqua County, New York, United States (1 fatality)
• December 2, 2006: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), West Dover-Deerfield Valley, Vermont, United States (1 fatality)
• September 21, 2005: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Mexia, Texas, United States (0 fatalities)
• August 4, 2005: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Sinton-Alfred C. ‘Bubba’ Thomas, Texas, United States (0 fatalities)
• December 30, 2004: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Hamilton-Ravalli County, Montana, United States (0 fatalities)
• December 18, 2004: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Wheeling-Ohio County, West Virginia, United States (0 fatalities)
• August 3, 2004: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Lakeway, Texas, United States (6 fatalities)
• April 5, 2004: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Charleston-Executive (Johns Island), South Carolina, United States (2 fatalities)
• January 27, 2004: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Byron Bay, New South Wales, Australia (2 fatalities)
• January 26, 2003: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Scottsdale, Arizona, United States (2 fatalities)
• October 20, 2002: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Agua Dulce, California, United States (3 fatalities)
• April 23, 2002: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Moscow, Kansas, United States (1 fatality)
• February 16, 2002: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Belle Glade, Florida, United States (0 fatalities)
• January 25, 2002: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Chittenden, Vermont, United States (2 fatalities)
• March 31, 2001: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Marco Island, Florida, United States (1 fatality)
• October 12, 2000: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Burlington, Vermont, United States (0 fatalities)
• September 7, 2000: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Northampton, Massachusetts, United States (0 fatalities)
• April 30, 2000: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Estes Park, Colorado, United States (2 fatalities)
• March 23, 2000: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Randers, Midtjylland, Denmark (0 fatalities)
• January 10, 2000: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Coatesville-Chester County-G. O. Carlson, Pennsylvania, United States (2 fatalities)
• July 23, 1999: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Oklahoma City-Wiley Post, Oklahoma, United States (2 fatalities)
• April 23, 1999: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Ruidoso-Sierra Blanca, New Mexico, United States (2 fatalities)
• April 1, 1999: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Saint Clair Shores, Michigan, United States (2 fatalities)
• June 10, 1998: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Altoona-Blair County, Pennsylvania, United States (3 fatalities)
• April 27, 1997: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Waterford, Virginia, United States (2 fatalities)
• April 27, 1997: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Lake of the Woods, Oregon, United States (1 fatality)
• January 2, 1997: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Chesapeake, Virginia, United States (4 fatalities)
• November 17, 1996: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Eagle County-FlyVail, Colorado, United States (5 fatalities)
• February 17, 1996: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Atlantic Ocean, World (1 fatality)
• January 27, 1996: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Mount Storm, West Virginia, United States (0 fatalities)
• August 20, 1995: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Rock Hill-York County, South Carolina, United States (2 fatalities)
• February 9, 1995: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Tremonton, Utah, United States (2 fatalities)
• January 4, 1995: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico (2 fatalities)
• August 14, 1994: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Sea Isle City, New Jersey, United States (4 fatalities)
• March 18, 1994: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Pottstown-Limerick-Heritage Field, Pennsylvania, United States (2 fatalities)
• November 23, 1993: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Campeche, Campeche, Mexico (0 fatalities)
• September 8, 1992: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Aurora, Indiana, United States (1 fatality)
• April 4, 1991: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Merion, Pennsylvania, United States (3 fatalities)
• November 8, 1990: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Nacogdoches-A. L. Mangham Jr., Texas, United States (5 fatalities)
• September 19, 1990: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Greater Cumberland, West Virginia, United States (1 fatality)
• June 2, 1990: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Antwerp-Deurne, Antwerp, Belgium (4 fatalities)
• March 15, 1990: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Lake Butler, Florida, United States (0 fatalities)
• March 10, 1990: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Bartonville, Illinois, United States (2 fatalities)
• November 30, 1989: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Orlando-Intl, Florida, United States (2 fatalities)
• November 30, 1989: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Orlando-Intl, Florida, USA, United States (2 fatalities)
• November 1, 1989: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Fort Myers-Southwest Regional, Florida, United States (1 fatality)
• November 1, 1989: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Fort Myers-Southwest Regional, Florida, USA, United States (1 fatality)
• August 8, 1989: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Ramona, California, USA, United States (1 fatality)
• August 8, 1989: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Ramona, California, United States (1 fatality)
• June 21, 1989: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Lithia Springs, Georgia, United States (3 fatalities)
• June 21, 1989: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Lithia Springs, Georgia, USA, United States (3 fatalities)
• May 3, 1989: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), New Iberia-Acadiana, Louisiana, United States (1 fatality)
• May 3, 1989: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), New Iberia-Acadiana, Louisiana, USA, United States (1 fatality)
• April 2, 1989: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia (1 fatality)
• April 2, 1989: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia (1 fatality)
• March 31, 1989: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Santa Ana-John Wayne, California, United States (5 fatalities)
• March 31, 1989: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Santa Ana-John Wayne, California, USA, United States (5 fatalities)
• March 4, 1989: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Lakeview, Oregon, USA, United States (3 fatalities)
• March 4, 1989: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Lakeview, Oregon, United States (3 fatalities)
• November 2, 1988: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Houston-George Bush-Intercontinental, Texas, United States (1 fatality)
• November 2, 1988: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Houston-George Bush-Intercontinental, Texas, USA, United States (1 fatality)
• October 20, 1988: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Laketown, Utah, United States (1 fatality)
• October 20, 1988: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Laketown, Utah, USA, United States (1 fatality)
• September 30, 1988: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Columbus-Ohio State University-Don Scott, Ohio, United States (1 fatality)
• September 30, 1988: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Columbus-Ohio State University-Don Scott, Ohio, USA, United States (1 fatality)
• August 25, 1988: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), North Perry, Florida, USA, United States (3 fatalities)
• August 25, 1988: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), North Perry, Florida, United States (3 fatalities)
• September 14, 1987: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Corona, California, United States (0 fatalities)
• September 14, 1987: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Corona, California, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
• August 10, 1987: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States (1 fatality)
• August 10, 1987: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA, United States (1 fatality)
• November 25, 1986: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Clinton, North Carolina, United States (4 fatalities)
• November 25, 1986: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Clinton, North Carolina, USA, United States (4 fatalities)
• November 4, 1986: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Jacksonville-Intl, Florida, United States (0 fatalities)
• November 4, 1986: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Jacksonville-Intl, Florida, USA, United States (0 fatalities)
• March 11, 1986: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Lismore, New South Wales, Australia (1 fatality)
• March 11, 1986: Piper PA-61 Aerostar (Ted Smith 601), Lismore, New South Wales, Australia (1 fatality)