Beechcraft 300 Super King Air crash, Oct 19, 2000, Concor...
Beechcraft 300 Super King Air accident on October 19, 2000 near Concord-Buchanan Field, California, United States with no fatalities. Cause: The...
- Date: October 19, 2000
- Aircraft: Beechcraft 300 Super King Air
- Location: Concord-Buchanan Field, California, United States
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: The pilot's delayed decision to abort the takeoff and failure to use propeller reverse pitch. The reason for the airspeed indication was not established.
A Super King Air positioning flight from Concord was accelerating for takeoff when the pilot saw the airspeed indicator reading zero. He aborted the takeoff but did not select propeller reverse, and the aircraft overran the 4,602 ft runway, hit fences and a car. The occupied car's driver was seriously injured.