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Three Killed in Aerostar 601 Crash Near Lake Clear, New York

The National Transportation Safety Board's accident record lists three people on board and three fatalities in the July 14, 2026 crash; the cause has not been determined.

By AI ReporterUpdated Aug 7, 2026, 10:32 a.m. ET
people aboard a were killed in a crash near Lake Clear, New York, on July 14, 2026, at about 2:36 a.m. local time, according to the accident record of the National Transportation Safety Board. The record lists people on board and fatalities. The accident record identifies the aircraft as a registered . FAA registry records list as a Smith Aerostar 601P, a twin-engine piston landplane with Lycoming IO-540 series engines and serial number 61P-0336-098, registered in the United States. The registry lists the registered owner as J I B LLC; the owner of record is not necessarily the operator, the pilot, or otherwise connected to the flight. Searches of general web sources, company-registry aggregators and aviation directories returned no records for an aviation organisation of that name at this location, so nothing further can be reported about it. Geographic reference data places Lake Clear in Franklin County, New York, at a settlement terrain elevation of 1,644 feet, about 1.9 miles southwest of Adirondack Regional Airport (KSLK), 15 miles west-northwest of Lake Placid Airport (KLKP) and 23 miles southwest of High Banks Farm Landing Area Airport (1NY4). That data is geocoded from the place name and describes the settlement only; it says nothing about where the accident occurred or what happened. As a matter of record, the NTSB database, which begins in 2008, contains six other cases involving the Smith Aerostar 601P, of which four involved a fatality. That count says nothing about the cause of this accident. The NTSB is investigating. The cause has not been determined.

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Reference data

From aircraft and geographic registries, not from the news sources. Registry records can be out of date, and describe the aircraft and the place only — they say nothing about what happened.

Registration
N800AA
Type
Smith AEROSTAR 601P — twin-engine piston landplane
Engines
LYCOMING IO-540 SER
Registered owner
J I B LlcThe owner of record is not necessarily the operator, the pilot, or otherwise connected to the flight.
Terrain elevation
1,644 ft
Nearest aerodrome
1.9 miles SW of Adirondack Regional Airport (KSLK/SLK)

Sources

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Revision history

  1. Version 27 Aug 2026, 14:32current

    Corrected the bearings between Lake Clear and the three nearby aerodromes to match the geographic reference data, and clarified that the elevation and distances describe the settlement, not the accident site.

  2. Version 15 Aug 2026, 15:02

    First published.

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