Beechcraft 1900C crash, Dec 28, 1991 (3 killed), Block Is...
Beechcraft 1900C accident on December 28, 1991 near Block Island, Rhode Island, United States with 3 fatalities. Cause: Instructor pilot's loss of...
- Date: December 28, 1991
- Aircraft: Beechcraft 1900C
- Location: Block Island, Rhode Island, United States
- Fatalities: 3
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Instructor pilot's loss of altitude awareness and spatial disorientation leading to loss of control at too low an altitude for recovery, with company management's lack of oversight of the training program as a contributing factor.
A Business Express Beechcraft 1900C on a training flight for captain upgrades crashed into the ocean off Block Island, Rhode Island, at night. The instructor had dimmed the student's flight instruments, simulated failures, and lost altitude awareness, and the aircraft went out of control at low altitude. All three people on board were killed.