Beechcraft 90 King Air crash, Sep 3, 1999 (8 killed), Wes...
Beechcraft 90 King Air accident on September 3, 1999 near West Palm Beach, Florida, United States with 8 fatalities. Cause: Total loss of engine power...
- Date: September 3, 1999
- Aircraft: Beechcraft 90 King Air
- Location: West Palm Beach, Florida, United States
- Fatalities: 8
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Total loss of engine power from fuel exhaustion, with the aircraft overweight at takeoff and inadequate pre-flight and in-flight fuel planning as contributing factors.
A King Air overloaded above its maximum takeoff weight ran out of fuel on a flight from Pontiac to Boca Raton and both engines stopped. The pilot declared a Mayday, but the aircraft struck a building and wires about half a mile short of the runway at West Palm Beach. All eight people on board died.