Date & Time:
Oct 5, 2019 at 1700 LT
Type of aircraft:
Piper PA-60 Aerostar (Ted Smith 600)
Operator:
Registration:
N326CW
Flight Phase:
Takeoff (climb)
Flight Type:
Private
Survivors:
No
MSN:
60-0869-8165008
YOM:
1981
Country:
United States of America
Region:
North America
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
1
Pax on board:
0
Pax fatalities:
0
Other fatalities:
0
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
Less than two minutes after takeoff from Kokomo-Municipal Airport, while in initial climb, the twin engine airplane entered an uncontrolled descent and crashed in a soybean located 3,5 miles south of the airfield. The aircraft was destroyed and the pilot, sole on board, was killed.
