Beechcraft 200 Super King Air crash, Sep 4, 2000 (8 killed)
Beechcraft 200 Super King Air accident on September 4, 2000 near Wernadinga Station, Queensland, Australia with 8 fatalities. Cause: The pilot and...
- Date: September 4, 2000
- Aircraft: Beechcraft 200 Super King Air
- Location: Wernadinga Station, Queensland, Australia
- Fatalities: 8
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: The pilot and passengers were probably incapacitated by hypobaric hypoxia because the aircraft was unpressurised and no supplemental oxygen was used. The reasons for the cabin pressure loss and the absence of oxygen could not be determined.
A Super King Air chartered from Perth flew on autopilot for about five hours after its pilot and passengers became incapacitated. The cabin was unpressurised and no one used supplemental oxygen, and the aircraft struck the ground near Burketown in Queensland. All eight occupants died.