Beechcraft 90 King Air crash, Nov 9, 1990 (1 killed), Bla...
Beechcraft 90 King Air accident on November 9, 1990 near Blantyre, Southern Region, Malawi with 1 fatality. Cause: Loss of power from the left engine...
- Date: November 9, 1990
- Aircraft: Beechcraft 90 King Air
- Location: Blantyre, Southern Region, Malawi
- Fatalities: 1
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Loss of power from the left engine during a training exercise, followed by a stall on final approach
A Beechcraft C90 King Air (7Q-YMM) operated by Air Malawi was on a local training flight from Blantyre Chileka with an instructor and a trainee pilot. The instructor shut down the right engine to simulate a failure, then the left engine lost power, and the aircraft stalled on final approach about 1300 meters short of the runway. One pilot was killed and the other was seriously injured.