Beechcraft 90 King Air crash, Jun 12, 2006 (1 killed), Ta...
Beechcraft 90 King Air accident on June 12, 2006 near Tampa-Peter O’Knight, Florida, United States with 1 fatality. Cause: The captain's poor in-flight...
- Date: June 12, 2006
- Aircraft: Beechcraft 90 King Air
- Location: Tampa-Peter O’Knight, Florida, United States
- Fatalities: 1
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The captain's poor in-flight planning and failure to establish a stabilized approach, with excessive approach speed and failure to align with the runway. Propeller low pitch stop malfunction was a contributing factor.
A King Air flying from Sarasota-Bradenton to Tampa lost the secondary low pitch stop function on both propellers in cruise, and one propeller later feathered with a governor problem. The captain flew a fast, high approach to a short runway at Peter O. Knight, overshot, and struck a taxiway and several obstacles. A post-crash fire destroyed the aircraft and one occupant was killed.