Beechcraft 100 King Air crash, Dec 10, 1986 (6 killed), P...
Beechcraft 100 King Air accident on December 10, 1986 near Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States with 6 fatalities. Cause: Improper instrument...
- Date: December 10, 1986
- Aircraft: Beechcraft 100 King Air
- Location: Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States
- Fatalities: 6
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Improper instrument approach procedure by the pilot in command and failure to maintain altitude, with fog, a low ceiling, rising terrain and inadequate preflight planning as contributing factors (NTSB ATL87MA041).
A Beechcraft A100 King Air (N65TD) operated by Teledyne Industries crashed into trees on rising terrain near Windsor, Massachusetts, while flying a localizer approach to Pittsfield on 10 December 1986. All six people aboard were killed and the aircraft was destroyed.