Beechcraft 90 King Air crash, Oct 19, 2006 (4 killed), Be...
Beechcraft 90 King Air accident on October 19, 2006 near Besançon, Doubs, France with 4 fatalities. Cause: The BEA could not determine the cause...
- Date: October 19, 2006
- Aircraft: Beechcraft 90 King Air
- Location: Besançon, Doubs, France
- Fatalities: 4
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: The BEA could not determine the cause precisely because there were no flight recorders. The likely scenarios were loss of control after rotation, or distraction and an inappropriate decision to seek speed after takeoff, both linked to the pilot's limited experience on the type.
A King Air 90 ambulance flight took off from Besancon-La Verze at night carrying two surgeons, a pilot and an operator agent. It climbed poorly, struck trees beyond the runway end and burned. All four occupants died.