Beechcraft 350 Super King Air crash, Jun 7, 2001, Santiag...
Beechcraft 350 Super King Air accident on June 7, 2001 near Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain with no fatalities. Cause: The decision to start a...
- Date: June 7, 2001
- Aircraft: Beechcraft 350 Super King Air
- Location: Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The decision to start a visual approach without the runway in sight, and to continue it after losing external visual references in fog.
A Super King Air cargo flight from Le Mans was approaching Santiago de Compostela at night. The crew requested a visual approach to runway 17 while runway 35 was in use, and after entering an unexpected fog patch the aircraft descended steeply and struck trees in level flight. The wings and engines separated and the aircraft was destroyed, but both crew suffered minor injuries.