Beechcraft C-45 Expeditor crash, Mar 7, 1993, Oakland
Beechcraft C-45 Expeditor accident on March 7, 1993 near Oakland, California, United States with no fatalities. Cause: Premature liftoff and...
- Date: March 7, 1993
- Aircraft: Beechcraft C-45 Expeditor
- Location: Oakland, California, United States
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: Premature liftoff and inadvertent stall by the pilot-in-command, with insufficient performance data for the overweight ferry configuration and limited experience of both pilots in the type.
A Beechcraft C-45 Expeditor being ferried overweight from Oakland toward Hawaii and on to Australia lifted off prematurely, climbed to about 50 feet and stalled back onto the runway. A fire then broke out in the cabin. Both pilots survived.