Smith Ted Aerostar AEROSTAR 601A N9781Q
13 December 1984 · Genoa, Nevada, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 13 December 1984 at about 10:00 local time, a Smith Ted Aerostar AEROSTAR 601A registered N9781Q, operated by SAM Lewis McCormac, was involved in an accident near Genoa, Nevada, United States. 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 10:00
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Genoa, Nevada, United States
- Coordinates
- 39.0003, -119.8402
- Aircraft
- Smith Ted Aerostar AEROSTAR 601A
- Registration
- N9781Q
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 2
- Operator
- SAM Lewis McCormac
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Business
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Phoenix → Carson City
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Night/Bright
- NTSB number
- SEA85FA035
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
THE PLT HAD FLOWN FROM CARSON CITY, NV TO SHREVEPORT, LA ON 12/10/84 FOR BUSINESS. AT 1530 ON 12/12/84, HE DEPARTED ON AFLT TO CORONA,CA WITH REFUELING STOPS AT ALBUQUERQUE, NM & PHOENIX, AZ. HE DEPARTED PHOENIX AT 2100, BUT ENCOUNTERED WX & RETURNED TO PHOENIX WHERE HE REFUELED AGAIN & OBTAINED A LENGTHY WX BRIEFING. HE THEN ELECTED TO RETURN TO HIS HOMEARPT AT CARSON CITY & TOOK OFF AT 2351. WHEN THE ACFT DID NOT ARRIVE, A SEARCH WAS INITIATED. RADAR DATA REVEALED AN UNIDENTIFIED TARGET THAT DISAPPEARED NEAR GENOA, NV. DURING A SEARCH IN THAT AREA, THE WRECKAGE WAS FOUND WHERE THE ACFTHAD CRASHED NEAR THE TOP OF A MOUNTAIN ABOUT 5 MI NORTH OF THE PLT'S HOME. THE ELEVATION WAS APRX 9050 FT. IMPACT OCCURRED ON A WESTERLY HEADING, ABOUT 2 HRS BEFORE MOONSET, ON THE SHADED SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN, IN A NEAR WINGS LEVEL ATTITUDE. NO PREIMPACT/MECHANICAL MALFUNCTION/FAILURE WAS FOUND, BOTH ENGS/PROPS SHOWED EVIDENCE OF POWER. THE PLT'S WIFE SAID HE SOMETIMES FLEW OVER THEIR HOUSE TO LET HER KNOW HE WOULD BE HOME SOON. COMPLETE AUTOPSY/TOX CHECK NOT PSBL.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
Other Smith Ted Aerostar AEROSTAR accidents
| Date | Aircraft | Location | Operator | Outcome | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 Oct 1984 | Smith Ted Aerostar AEROSTAR 600 | Abbeville, South Carolina, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 1 Nov 1984 | Smith Ted Aerostar AEROSTAR 600A | Charlotte, North Carolina, United States | Top Flight Air Service | No injuries | - |
| 12 Nov 1985 | Smith Ted Aerostar AEROSTAR 600 | Birmingham, Alabama, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 28 Aug 1985 | Smith Ted Aerostar AEROSTAR 601P | Wrightstown, New Jersey, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 1 Jul 1983 | Smith Ted Aerostar AEROSTAR 601B | Elko, Nevada, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 15 Aug 1985 | Smith Ted Aerostar AEROSTAR 601P | Prestonburg, Kentucky, United States | - | No injuries | - |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Feb 1984 | Hughes 269B | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | Poss Enterprises | Minor injuries | - |
| 11 Feb 1984 | Cessna 152II | Minden, Nevada, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 12 Mar 1984 | Cessna 150-K | Fallon, Nevada, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 24 Apr 1984 | Piper PA-28-140 | Boulder City, Nevada, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 10 May 1984 | Cessna 182 | Gerlach, Nevada, United States | - | No injuries | - |
| 13 May 1984 | Stinson 108-2 | Carson City, Nevada, United States | - | No injuries | - |