# Accident 20210506009009A: Ted Smith PA60 AEROSTAR 600, La Belle, FL, May 6, 2021

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 6, 2021, 15:20 local time
- Place: La Belle, FL
- Airport: La Belle Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Cruise/Level Flight
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.7406° N, 81.4283° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LA BELLE MUNI (X14), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.7406&lon=-81.4283&mi=10
- Aircraft: C-FAAZ (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: TED SMITH PA60 AEROSTAR 600
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-540-K1F5
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot, unknown or foreign certificate
- Pilot flight hours: 10,000 total, 60 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20210506009009A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ON MAY 6, 2021. AT APPROXIMATELY 1520 EASTERN STANDARD TIME, A TED SMITH AEROSTAR 600. CANADIAN REGISTRATION C-FAAZ, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED WHEN IT IMPACTED THE GROUND 1.73 MILES FROM THE END OF RUNWAY 14 OF THE LA BELLE AIRPORT (KX14), LA BELLE, FLORIDA. THE PRIVATE PILOT IN THE LEFT SEAT WAS FATALLY INJURED, THE COMMERCIALLY RATED PILOT IN THE RIGHT SEAT WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED, AND IT IS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME WHO WAS PILOTING THE AIRCRAFT. THE LOCAL PERSONAL FLIGHT WAS CONDUCTED UNDER TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PART 91.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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