Beechcraft 200 Super King Air crash, Feb 8, 1991 (2 killed)
Beechcraft 200 Super King Air accident on February 8, 1991 near Epinal-Mirecourt, Vosges, France with 2 fatalities. Cause: The altimeter was set to QFE...
- Date: February 8, 1991
- Aircraft: Beechcraft 200 Super King Air
- Location: Epinal-Mirecourt, Vosges, France
- Fatalities: 2
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The altimeter was set to QFE while the crew believed it was set to QNH, giving a wrong altitude reference during the approach.
A Super King Air on a positioning flight crashed in a field about 4 km short of the runway while on approach to Epinal-Mirecourt, killing both pilots. The database record attributes the accident to a mismatch between the altimeter setting and the approach reference, which the crew did not notice.