Smith Ted Aerostar AEROSTAR 600 N90360
20 June 1988 · Catano · Fatal
Summary
On 20 June 1988 at about 16:52 local time, a Smith Ted Aerostar AEROSTAR 600 registered N90360, operated by Executive Air Charter, was involved in an accident near Catano. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 16:52
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Catano
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Smith Ted Aerostar AEROSTAR 600
- Registration
- N90360
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- Executive Air Charter
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Positioning
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- San Juan → Unknown
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- MIA88FA201
People
1 person died.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Probable cause
The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.
Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.
Read the full NTSB narrative
AS THE ACFT WAS TAXIING FOR TAKEOFF, WITNESSES NOTED THE L REAR BAGGAGE DOOR WAS UNLOCKED & HANGING DOWN. A WARNING WAS RELAYED TO THE PLT VIA THE TWR, BUT BY THEN THE ACFT WAS AIRBORNE & THE PLT HAD RPRTD A CONTROL PRBLM. DRG LIFT-OFF, THEACFT PITCHED UP SHARPLY & ENTERED AN IMMEDIATE RGT BANK OF ABT 45 DEG. AS THE GEAR RETRACTED, THE BANK ANGLE DECREASED TO ABT 20 DEG. THE ACFT WAS RPRTD TO YAW SLIGHTLY FM SIDE TO SIDE & CIRCLE TO THE RGT WHILE CLIMBING TO ABT 1000'. A WITNESS (IN RADIO CTC) ASKED THE PLT ABT THE PROBLEM; THE PLT REPLIED THE CONTROLS (CTLS) WERE LOCKED TO ONE SIDE. ON ADVICE OF OTRS, THE PLT TRIED TO CTL THE ACFT WITH ENG POWER ADJUSTMENTS, BUT THE ACFT LOST ALT TO ABT 200' AGL. SUBSEQUENTLY, WHILE MNVRG, IT STRUCK A TREE, THEN HIT A UTILITY POLE & CRASHED. DRG IMPACT THE LOWER FUSELAGE, WHICH HOUSED THE FLT CTL LINKAGES, WAS BADLY DMGD. NO PREIMPACT MECH PRBLM WAS VERIFIED CONCERNING THE FLT CTLS, AUTOPLT OR TRIM. A PLT, WHO HAD PREVIOUSLY FLOWN THE ACFT WITH THE BAGGAGE DOOR OPEN, SAID HE EXPERIENCED NO ADVERSE CTL PRBLMS.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Smith Ted Aerostar AEROSTAR accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Jan 1987 | Smith Ted Aerostar AEROSTAR 601 | Pahokee, Florida, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 17 Apr 1987 | Smith Ted Aerostar AEROSTAR 601P | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | Sierra Telephone Co., Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 23 Oct 1987 | Smith Ted Aerostar AEROSTAR 600 | Oshtemo Townshp, Michigan, United States | - | Fatal | 1 |
| 6 Apr 1989 | Smith Ted Aerostar AEROSTAR 600 | Utica, New York, United States | U.s. Check, Inc. | No injuries | - |
| 2 Nov 1989 | Smith Ted Aerostar AEROSTAR 600 | Apopka, Florida, United States | Cherokee Leasing Inc. | Fatal | 2 |
| 14 Jul 1987 | Smith Ted Aerostar AEROSTAR 600 | Columbus, Ohio, United States | Air Continental | No injuries | - |