Beechcraft 200 Super King Air crash, May 15, 2003, Coffs...
Beechcraft 200 Super King Air accident on May 15, 2003 near Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia with no fatalities. Cause: A controlled flight...
- Date: May 15, 2003
- Aircraft: Beechcraft 200 Super King Air
- Location: Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia
- Fatalities: 0
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: A controlled flight into terrain precursor: an inadvertent descent below the minimum descent altitude on the final segment of a non-precision approach in IMC, with the cause of the descent not conclusively determined. Investigators identified several factors that influenced the occurrence.
A Royal Flying Doctor Service King Air on an aeromedical flight from Sydney came down in heavy rain while descending on a GPS approach to Coffs Harbour. It struck the breakwater and the left main gear separated, and the pilot lost the primary attitude indicator. He flew over the sea for about 30 minutes before landing the damaged aircraft safely on runway 21.