Beechcraft 90 King Air crash, Jun 30, 1985, Apalachicola
Beechcraft 90 King Air accident on June 30, 1985 near Apalachicola, Florida, United States with no fatalities. Cause: Inadequate supervision by the...
- Date: June 30, 1985
- Aircraft: Beechcraft 90 King Air
- Location: Apalachicola, Florida, United States
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: Inadequate supervision by the pilot in command, pilot complacency, and the copilot not maintaining the proper climb rate, with haze or smoke as a weather factor (NTSB summary via secondary database).
A Beechcraft King Air 90 operated by Reliable Production Service was on a training flight at Apalachicola, Florida, on 30 June 1985. During a takeoff after a touch and go, it lost altitude and came down in about 8 feet of water. Both occupants survived and the aircraft was destroyed.