Beechcraft 90 King Air crash, Jan 31, 2004 (2 killed), Ho...
Beechcraft 90 King Air accident on January 31, 2004 near Homestead AFB, Florida, United States with 2 fatalities. Cause: The pilot's inadequate...
- Date: January 31, 2004
- Aircraft: Beechcraft 90 King Air
- Location: Homestead AFB, Florida, United States
- Fatalities: 2
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: The pilot's inadequate in-flight planning and decision making led to an encounter with rain showers and turbulence, a loss of aircraft control and overstress of the airframe.
A Global Aerofleet Beech King Air 90 on a private IFR flight flew into rain showers and turbulence near Homestead, Florida. It was lost from radar as it descended and turned, and the airframe disintegrated in flight with no evidence of fire. The pilot and a passenger were killed.