Beechcraft 200 Super King Air crash, Dec 10, 2001 (1 killed)
Beechcraft 200 Super King Air accident on December 10, 2001 near Mount Gambier, South Australia, Australia with 1 fatality. Cause: Dark night...
- Date: December 10, 2001
- Aircraft: Beechcraft 200 Super King Air
- Location: Mount Gambier, South Australia, Australia
- Fatalities: 1
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Dark night conditions, the pilot not complying with the published instrument approach procedure for reasons not established, and the aircraft being flown at an altitude insufficient for terrain clearance.
The RFDS ambulance flight from Adelaide to Mount Gambier was flown at night and lower than normal on the approach. It descended below radar coverage, did not follow the published approach, and hit the ground 3.1 NM from the runway 18 threshold. The pilot was killed, and the medical crewmember was seriously injured but got out.