Beechcraft 100 King Air crash, Aug 4, 1994 (1 killed), No...
Beechcraft 100 King Air accident on August 4, 1994 near North Adams-Harriman and West, Massachusetts, United States with 1 fatality. Cause: The pilot...
- Date: August 4, 1994
- Aircraft: Beechcraft 100 King Air
- Location: North Adams-Harriman and West, Massachusetts, United States
- Fatalities: 1
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: The pilot failed to maintain minimum control speed after an undetermined loss of engine power, resulting in an inadvertent stall at too low an altitude to recover.
A Westchester Air King Air was being ferried from North Adams to White Plains after maintenance on the right engine. Shortly after takeoff at low altitude and slow speed, the left wing struck the ground during a turn, and the pilot was killed. The NTSB concluded that the pilot lost minimum control speed after an undetermined engine power loss.