Beechcraft 90 King Air crash, Jun 10, 1996 (2 killed), Wi...
Beechcraft 90 King Air accident on June 10, 1996 near Wiscasset, Maine, United States with 2 fatalities. Cause: The pilot lost control after takeoff...
- Date: June 10, 1996
- Aircraft: Beechcraft 90 King Air
- Location: Wiscasset, Maine, United States
- Fatalities: 2
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: The pilot lost control after takeoff due to spatial disorientation. Contributing factors were the uneven refueling by FBO personnel and the pilot's failure to notice the severe lateral imbalance during preflight.
A Beechcraft E90 King Air owned by Ruma Advisory Company climbed out of Wiscasset, Maine, and entered an uncontrolled descent into terrain about 1.6 miles north of the airport. Both pilots were killed. The airplane had been loaded with a large fuel imbalance by an FBO refueler several days earlier.