Aerostar 601 accident near Craig, CO
On April 24, 2020, an Aerostar 601 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Craig, CO. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- April 24, 2020
- Place
- Craig, CO
- Aircraft
- Aerostar 601 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 40.952°N, 108.340°W
- NTSB ID
- 20200424X73852
Official records · CEN20LA160
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHTOn April 23, 2020, at 2139 mountain daylight time (MDT), an Aerostar 601, N601X, was destroyed when it was involved in an accident near Craig, Colorado. The student pilot sustained fatal injuries. The airplane was operated as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. Radar track data indicated that the airplane departed Jersey Shore Airport (P96), Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania, about 0719 mountain daylight time (MDT) and arrived Findlay Airport (FDY), Findlay, Ohio, about 851 DT. The airplane departed FDY about 1337 MDT and arrived at Red Oak Municipal Airport (RDK), Red Oak, Iowa, about 1418 (MDT). Track data indicated the airplane likely departed RDK about 1508 MDT, continuing westbound again, climbed to a maximum cruise altitude of about 9,500 ft then descended and landed at Northern Colorado Regional Airport (FNL), Fort Collins/Loveland, Colorado, about 1949 MDT. A fixed base operator (FBO) line service technician at FNL stated that he saw the airplane taxi from the runway. He said the airplane's right engine was not running, and the student pilot was trying to start it. The engine did not restart, and the airplane continued to taxi to the ramp. He asked the student pilot if everything was "okay," and the student pilot said, "yeah cut it a little close on fuel." The line service technician said the airplane was leaning "quite a bit" toward the right, which he attributed to a fuel imbalance. The technician said the engines sounded fine except for the student pilot running out of fuel during the after-landing taxi. The technician at FNL
Probable cause
The student pilot’s flight into terrain for undetermined reasons.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
