Accident Ted Smith Aerostar 600 N90437, Thursday 6 April 1989

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Date:	Thursday 6 April 1989
Time:	03:40 LT
Type:	Ted Smith Aerostar 600
Owner/operator:	U.s. Check, Inc.
Registration:	N90437
MSN:	60-0243-100
Engine model:	Lycoming IO-540-K1F5
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Substantial
Category:	Accident
Location:	Utica, NY - United States of America
Phase:	En route
Nature:	Unknown
Departure airport:	Teterboro, NJ
Destination airport:
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
THE ACFT WAS APRX 40 MI SOUTH OF UTICA, NY, WHEN THE PLT NOTIFIED ATC THAT HE WAS GETTING SMOKE IN THE COCKPIT. AS A LANDING WAS MADE AT UTICA, A FIRE ERUPTED IN THE COCKPIT. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE COCKPIT WAS EXTENSIVELY DAMAGED BY FIRE. DUE TO THE EXTENSIVE DAMAGE, THE SOURCE OF THE FIRE WAS NOT DETERMINED. NO DISCREPANCIES WERE FOUND WITH THE ENG OR PROPELLER.

Probable Cause: A FIRE IN THE COCKPIT FROM AN UNKNOWN SOURCE.

Accident investigation: