Beechcraft 300 Super King Air crash, May 12, 1996 (4 killed)
Beechcraft 300 Super King Air accident on May 12, 1996 near Linz-Hörsching, Upper Austria, Austria with 4 fatalities. Cause: Controlled flight into...
- Date: May 12, 1996
- Aircraft: Beechcraft 300 Super King Air
- Location: Linz-Hörsching, Upper Austria, Austria
- Fatalities: 4
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Controlled flight into terrain in cloud after the crew cancelled IFR and continued VFR. Official investigation findings not retrieved.
A Super King Air on a charter from Salzburg to Krems was flying in cloud when the crew cancelled the IFR flight plan and continued under VFR. The twin struck the slope of a cloud-covered mountain about 35 km northeast of Linz and all four occupants died. Sources place the crash east or northeast of Linz; the Hörsching departure point in the record is not supported by the sources reviewed.