Beechcraft 90 King Air crash, Jun 13, 2001 (1 killed), Fo...
Beechcraft 90 King Air accident on June 13, 2001 near Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood, Florida, United States with 1 fatality. Cause: The pilot's failure to...
- Date: June 13, 2001
- Aircraft: Beechcraft 90 King Air
- Location: Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood, Florida, United States
- Fatalities: 1
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The pilot's failure to properly plan fuel consumption and to refuel en route, resulting in total loss of engine power from fuel exhaustion on the downwind leg.
A Beechcraft King Air C90 registered in Venezuela flew from Caracas toward Fort Lauderdale without an en route refuelling stop and ran out of fuel about six hours into the flight. It descended and struck a highway abutment about 1,700 feet short of the runway, killing one passenger and seriously injuring the pilot and another passenger. Engine and system examination found no pre-crash defects.