N600TE1973 Smith AEROSTAR 601
Safety record in brief:No NTSB accidents or incidents since 1982No ADs since 1998 matched3 service difficulty reports
Registration
FAA Aircraft Registry · Oct 19, 2026- Registered owner
- Individual owner
- City, state
- Carson City, NV
- Certificate issued
- Jan 11, 2007
- Expires
- Apr 30, 2029
- Airworthiness
- Standard · Normal
- Airworthiness date
- Oct 24, 1973
We never show street addresses, even though they appear in the public FAA file. Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Airframe & engine
FAA Registry + type dataAirframe
- Manufacturer
- Smith
- Model
- AEROSTAR 601
- Year
- 1973
- Serial number
- 61-0146-077
- Aircraft type
- Fixed wing multi engine
- Category
- Land
- Certification
- Type Certificated
- Seats
- 6
- Engines
- 2
- Max takeoff weight
- Up to 12,499 lb
- Mode S code
- A7C8ED
Engine
- Make and model
- Lycoming Ti0-540 Ser
- Type
- Reciprocating
- Power
- 310 hp
Total time and engine hours aren't public. They appear here once the owner adds logbooks.
Ownership history
Ownership history from FAA records- 2007 – nowIndividual ownerCarson City, NV · current
Individual owners are shown by city and state only.
Safety record
NTSB · Oct 15, 2026 · FAA ADs · Oct 19, 2026 · SDRs · Oct 16, 2026NTSB events (0)
No NTSB accidents or incidents found for this airframe since 1982.
Accident history for this modelADs published since 1998 that may apply (0)
These match the airframe or engine model. Whether each one applies, and whether it's been complied with, depends on serial numbers, equipment and logbook entries. Applicability must be confirmed by a mechanic against the aircraft's records.
No ADs published since 1998 matched this airframe or engine model.
AI-extracted — verify against original. Matched from each AD's applicability section; ADs replaced by a later AD are left out.
Service Difficulty Reports (3)
Reports of failures and defects that operators and repair stations sent to the FAA since 1995. A report describes one finding; it is not an accident.
- Reciprocating engine · rocker cover · brokenMar 10, 2006
LT ENG BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH & LEAK OIL ONTO COWLING INBD SIDE. ENG CONTINUED TO MAKE PWR & OIL PRESS REMAINED NORM, DEACTIVATED TURBOS AS PRECAUTION. EXAM REVEALED NR 3 CYL INTAKE PUSHROD BENT & PUSHROD TUBE BROKEN IN MIDDLE. FUEL INJ LINE ALSO BROKEN & ROCKER COVER HAD SMALL HOLE. ROCKER COVER…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Landing gear · strut · brokenJul 29, 2003
TORQUE LINK ATTACH POINT ON THE RIGHT STRUT BROKE AT LANDING. THIS ALLOWED THE RIGHT MLG TIRE TO ROTATE AND PULL THE AIRCRAFT OFF THE RUNWAY. THE RESULTING SIDE LOAD ON THE MLG CAUSED THE OVER CENTER LINK PN 400084-001, AND THE STRUT CYLINDER 400054-001, TO BREAK. ALSO, BOTH RIGHT SIDE MLG DOOR…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number. - Landing gear · torque link · brokenJul 29, 2003
TORQUE LINK ATTACH POINT ON THE RT STRUT BROKE AT LANDING. THIS ALLOWED THE RT MLG TIRE TO ROTATE AND PULL THE AIRCRAFT OFF THE RUNWAY. THE RESULTING SIDE LOAD ON THE MLG CAUSED THE OVER CENTER LINK , AND THE STRUT CYLINDER, TO BREAK. ALSO, BOTH RT SIDE MLG DOOR WERE DAMAGED ALONG WITH THE RT…
From FAA Service Difficulty Reports; matched by N-number and serial number.
Sources
- FAA Aircraft RegistryRegistration, owner city and state, airframe, engineupdated Oct 19, 2026
- NTSB accident and incident databaseAccidents and incidents since 1982updated Oct 15, 2026
- FAA Airworthiness Directives (Federal Register)ADs published since 1998updated Oct 19, 2026
- FAA Service Difficulty ReportsReports since 1995updated Oct 16, 2026