Beechcraft 300 Super King Air crash, Oct 26, 1993 (3 killed)
Beechcraft 300 Super King Air accident on October 26, 1993 near Mt Knob, Virginia, United States with 3 fatalities. Cause: The pilot-in-command did not...
- Date: October 26, 1993
- Aircraft: Beechcraft 300 Super King Air
- Location: Mt Knob, Virginia, United States
- Fatalities: 3
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: The pilot-in-command did not keep the aircraft in visual meteorological conditions over mountainous terrain; FAA management and oversight failures contributed.
An FAA-owned Super King Air on a flight inspection mission left Winchester under visual rules and struck the slope of Mt Knob while awaiting an IFR clearance. All three crew members were killed. The NTSB found the pilot did not keep the aircraft in visual conditions over mountainous terrain and cited poor FAA management oversight.