# NTSB Accident SEA97FA094
> **Smith, Ted Aerostar AEROSTAR 601P** · 1997-04-27 · KLAMMATH FALLS, OR, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** SEA97FA094
- **Event ID:** 20001208X07821
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1997-04-27
- **Location:** KLAMMATH FALLS, OR, USA
- **Coordinates:** 42.339942, -121.589439
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 1
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Smith, Ted Aerostar
- **Model:** AEROSTAR 601P
- **Registration:** N30LL
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 2
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's failure to set the throttle of his second failed engine to 'Cracked-1/2-Open' as called for in the Engine Failure/Restart checklist, followed by a high-power engine surge.  Factors include the pilot's delay in landing for refueling, the pilot becoming lost/disoriented, drug impairment, and fuel exhaustion.

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