Beechcraft 80 Queen Air crash, Aug 7, 1985 (1 killed), Bi...
Beechcraft 80 Queen Air accident on August 7, 1985 near Biloela, Queensland, Australia with 1 fatality. Cause: Fuel starvation: the engines stopped...
- Date: August 7, 1985
- Aircraft: Beechcraft 80 Queen Air
- Location: Biloela, Queensland, Australia
- Fatalities: 1
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Fuel starvation: the engines stopped when the inboard fuel ran out while fuel remained in the outboard tanks, which the pilot could not access; the investigators could not determine why.
A Beechcraft 65 A80 Queen Air on a cargo flight from Archerfield toward Rockhampton for Norfolk Island Airways crashed about 37 km northeast of Biloela, Queensland, on 7 August 1985 after both engines stopped from fuel starvation. The pilot, who had not flown this aircraft before, was the sole occupant and was killed.