Beechcraft 65 Queen Air crash, Jun 30, 1996, Campbellsville
Beechcraft 65 Queen Air accident on June 30, 1996 near Campbellsville, Kentucky, United States with no fatalities. Cause: Pilot's inadequate preflight...
- Date: June 30, 1996
- Aircraft: Beechcraft 65 Queen Air
- Location: Campbellsville, Kentucky, United States
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: Pilot's inadequate preflight preparation, including failure to remove the control lock, and failure to abort the takeoff.
A Beechcraft Queen Air on a charter flight failed to take off at Campbellsville. The pilot had not removed the gust lock. The aircraft ran off the end of the 4,997 foot runway, went through a fence and hit an earth berm, and the propellers struck the ground and stopped the engines. The three occupants survived.