Beechcraft 100 King Air crash, Jan 18, 1990 (1 killed), A...
Beechcraft 100 King Air accident on January 18, 1990 near Atlanta-Hartsfield-Jackson, Georgia, United States with 1 fatality. Cause: FAA air traffic...
- Date: January 18, 1990
- Aircraft: Beechcraft 100 King Air
- Location: Atlanta-Hartsfield-Jackson, Georgia, United States
- Fatalities: 1
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: FAA air traffic control procedures did not adequately consider human performance factors, and the north local controller failed to detect the developing conflict and ensure separation of arriving aircraft on the same runway.
An Epps Air Service King Air A100 on a positioning flight from DeKalb Peachtree to Atlanta was struck from behind by an Eastern Airlines Boeing 727 during the landing roll on runway 26R at Atlanta Hartsfield on 18 January 1990. The King Air pilot was killed and the copilot seriously injured. The King Air was destroyed, and no one aboard the 727 was injured.