Beechcraft 90 King Air crash, Feb 23, 1993, Albert Lea
Beechcraft 90 King Air accident on February 23, 1993 near Albert Lea, Minnesota, United States with no fatalities. Cause: Inadvertent stall caused by...
- Date: February 23, 1993
- Aircraft: Beechcraft 90 King Air
- Location: Albert Lea, Minnesota, United States
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Inadvertent stall caused by ice in the pitot-static system after the aircraft was washed and left in sub-zero temperatures.
A Beechcraft King Air 90 landing at Albert Lea stalled on final approach and dropped onto the snow-covered runway. The aircraft had been washed the night before and left outside at about -5 C, and ice blocked its pitot-static system. No one was killed.