# N7527S: Smith AEROSTAR 600, registration cancelled 2000-03-08

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: March 8, 2000
- Status when cancelled: Triennial form not returned
- Airframe: [Smith AEROSTAR 600](https://openairdocs.org/model/smith-aerostar-600) (registry code 8360602)
- Serial number: 60-0188-084
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing multi engine
- Certificate issued: July 5, 1995
- Last registry action: January 18, 2000
- Mode S code: AA24D5
- Owner when cancelled: [Maine Flight Center Ltd](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/MAINE%20FLIGHT%20CENTER%20LTD)
- Location: [Pittsfield, ME](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/ME/Pittsfield)
- Physical address: [Pittsfiled, ME](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/ME/Pittsfiled)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 44.7698° N, 69.4338° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 04967, within about 4 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7527S
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=7527S
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7527S-2000-03-08

From the FAA registry file of October 29, 2026, cancelled registrations. Owners' street addresses are left out. The Mode S code belongs to the N-number, not the airframe.

ADs and bulletins for the Smith AEROSTAR 600: https://openairdocs.org/model/smith-aerostar-600.md

## NTSB investigations (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB NYC98FA092](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC98FA092), Apr 10, 1998: Aerostar 600A (N7527S), Mapleton, ME, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: the failure of the pilot to maintain control of the airplane during takeoff for undetermined reasons.

## FAA accident and incident reports (3)

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [Accident 19980410006439A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980410006439A), Apr 10, 1998: Piper PA60600 (N7527S), Presque Isle, ME, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Acft crashed at the end of rwy 1 on takeoff, pilot suffered fatal inj acft was destroyed, Presque Isle, ME. (.4) the twin-engine Aerostar departed on runway 1.…
- [Incident 19940429014469I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940429014469I), Apr 29, 1994: Piper PA60600 (N7527S), Jacksonville, FL, Minor damage. Engine failed in flight. Diverted to Jacksonville. Found upper thru bolt had failed.
- [Incident 19881122068259I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881122068259I), Nov 22, 1988: Piper PA60600 (N7527S), Mobile, AL. Emergency hatch departed during descent. Landed safely. Retaining pin had slid out.

## Other aircraft with N7527S

- [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N7527S): Lindstrand Balloons 105A, S/N 5259, built 2004

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