Beechcraft 90 King Air crash, Jan 23, 1997, Longmont
Beechcraft 90 King Air accident on January 23, 1997 near Longmont, Colorado, United States with no fatalities. Cause: Fuel exhaustion caused by the...
- Date: January 23, 1997
- Aircraft: Beechcraft 90 King Air
- Location: Longmont, Colorado, United States
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Fuel exhaustion caused by the pilot failing to refuel properly and using performance charts for a similar but different model (Beech 65-A90). The operator did not provide the correct charts.
A Beechcraft B90 King Air ferry flight from Vandalia toward Longmont, Colorado, ran out of fuel. The fuel transfer pump lights came on 45 minutes out, the pilot judged the nacelle gauges sufficient, and both engines flamed out about three minutes from the destination. The pilot made a wheels-up forced landing, and the airplane was found to have no fuel aboard. No one was hurt.