Beechcraft 90 King Air crash, Aug 26, 1992, Palacios
Beechcraft 90 King Air accident on August 26, 1992 near Palacios, Gracias a Dios, Honduras with no fatalities. Cause: The pilot flew a wrong approach...
- Date: August 26, 1992
- Aircraft: Beechcraft 90 King Air
- Location: Palacios, Gracias a Dios, Honduras
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The pilot flew a wrong approach configuration, arriving too high and too fast, and did not initiate a go-around.
A King Air 90 on a charter from La Ceiba landed at Palacios in Honduras. It was too high and too fast on final and touched down about two thirds of the way along a grass runway. The aircraft could not stop, overran and struck a building beyond the runway. All five occupants escaped with minor injuries and the aircraft was written off.