Beechcraft 90 King Air crash, Jan 14, 2001 (9 killed), To...
Beechcraft 90 King Air accident on January 14, 2001 near Tooele Valley, Utah, United States with 9 fatalities. Cause: The pilot's poor judgment in...
- Date: January 14, 2001
- Aircraft: Beechcraft 90 King Air
- Location: Tooele Valley, Utah, United States
- Fatalities: 9
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The pilot's poor judgment in flying low over water in deteriorating weather without adequate altitude clearance, with low ceiling and snow, inadequate equipment for instrument flight and the pilot's overconfidence as contributing factors.
A King Air carrying a pilot and eight skydivers returning from a skydiving meet descended over the Great Salt Lake at night in low cloud, snow and fog. It struck the water about half a mile offshore, and the aircraft had been stripped of most avionics. All nine people on board died.