Beechcraft 90 King Air crash, Jan 11, 2005 (3 killed), Ra...
Beechcraft 90 King Air accident on January 11, 2005 near Rawlins, Wyoming, United States with 3 fatalities. Cause: The pilot's inadvertent flight into...
- Date: January 11, 2005
- Aircraft: Beechcraft 90 King Air
- Location: Rawlins, Wyoming, United States
- Fatalities: 3
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The pilot's inadvertent flight into icing conditions, which degraded the aircraft's performance and led to an aerodynamic stall during approach. Inadequate planning for the forecast icing was a contributing factor.
A Beechcraft King Air 90 operated by Mountain Flight Service as an air ambulance was approaching Rawlins Municipal Airport in Wyoming on an instrument approach after a flight from Steamboat Springs. Ice had built up on the airframe, and the aircraft stalled and struck rising terrain wings level in a steep dive about 2.5 nautical miles from the airport. Three of the four people on board were killed.