Beechcraft 100 King Air crash, Oct 25, 2002 (8 killed), E...
Beechcraft 100 King Air accident on October 25, 2002 near Eveleth, Minnesota, United States with 8 fatalities. Cause: Flight crew failed to maintain...
- Date: October 25, 2002
- Aircraft: Beechcraft 100 King Air
- Location: Eveleth, Minnesota, United States
- Fatalities: 8
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Flight crew failed to maintain adequate airspeed, resulting in an aerodynamic stall from which they did not recover.
A King Air A100 operated on a charter flight carrying Senator Paul Wellstone and family made a VOR approach to Eveleth in instrument conditions. It lost adequate airspeed, stalled and crashed about 1.8 nautical miles from the runway end. The airplane was destroyed by impact and fire, and all eight people aboard died.